Super Saint: Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

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Super Saint: Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
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www.bobandpennylord.com/St_Ignatius_of_Loyola.htm short video clip from the life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

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SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA - July 31
Priest
(1491-1556)
St. Ignatius was born in Loyola, Spain. He was a courtier and a soldier until an injury forced his retirement at age 30. While recuperating, he experienced metanoia. A book he was reading encouraged him to place himself amidst the scenes of the Gospel during prayer.
With charity for God and zeal for souls, Ignatius vowed to evangelize the Holy Land together with Peter Faver and Francis Xavier. However, war broke out and prevented them from leaving. The group turned to the vicar of Jesus Christ and received approved for their order: the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits' vows of poverty, chastity and obedience to the pope made them effective clerical reformers during the Counter-Reformation. Our Lord promised Ignatius that the precious heritage of His Passion would never fail the Society.
Ignatius was once cast into prison in Salamanca on suspicion of heresy. To a friend who expressed sympathy, he replied: "It is a sign that you have but little love of Christ in your heart, or you would not deem it so hard a fate to be in chains for His sake. I declare to you that all Salamanca does not contain as many fetters, manacles and chains as I long to wear for the love of Jesus Christ."
The Jesuits' legacy extends throughout history to present day. Their schools and institutes of higher learning span the globe while their saints and priests continue evangelizing and catechizing. The Jesuits also saved entire nations like the Philippines from the ravages of imperialism. Their administration of the Spanish colony immunized the indigenous population from diseases, excluded conquistadores, preserved local languages and built universities.
St. Ignatius passed away on July 31, 1556. The following Gospel quote well-summarizes the life of one who saved so many: "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written" (Jn. 21:25).
Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. [1894]
Inigo Lopez de Loyola
Memorial
31 July
Profile
Born to the Spanish nobility. Youngest of twelve children. Page in the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella. Military education. Soldier, entering the army in 1517, and serving in several campaigns. Wounded in the leg by a cannonball at the siege of Pampeluna on 20 May 1521, an injury that left him partially crippled for life. During his recuperation the only books he had access to were The Golden Legend, a collection of biographies of the saints, and the Life of Christ by Ludolph the Carthusian. These books, and the time spent in contemplation, changed him.
On his recovery he took a vow of chastity, hung his sword before the altar of the Virgin of Montserrat, and donned a pilgrim‘s robes. He lived in a cave from 1522 to 1523, contemplating the way to live a Christian life. Pilgrim to Rome and the Holy Land in 1523, where he worked to convert Muslims. In 1528 he began studying theology in Barcelona and Alcala in Spain, and Paris, France receiving his degree on 14 March 1534. His meditations, prayers, visions and insights led to forming the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus on 15 August 1534; it received papal approval in 1541. Friend of James Lainez, Alonso Salmerón, Nicholas Bobadilla, Simón Rodriguez, Blessed Peter Faber, and Saint Francis Xavier, the group that formed the core of the new Society. He never used the term Jesuit, which was coined as an insult by his opponents; the Society today uses the term with pride. He travelled Europe and the Holy Lands, then settled in Rome to direct the Jesuits. His health suffered in later years, and he was nearly blind at death.
The Jesuits today have over 500 universities and colleges, 30,000 members, and teach over 200,000 students each year.
Born
1491 at Loyola, Guipuzcoa, Spain as Inigo Lopez de Loyola
Died
31 July 1556 at Rome, Italy of fever
Beatified
27 July 1609 by Pope Paul V
Canonized
12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Patronage
Jesuits; Jesuit Order; Society of Jesus
Spiritual Exercises (by Pope Pius XI)
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military ordinariate of the Philippines
retreats (proclaimed on 25 July 1922 by Pope Pius XI)
soldiers
World Youth Day 2011
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Baltimore, Maryland, archdiocese of
Basque country
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in Spain
Álava
Azpeitia
Bilbao, diocese of
Bizkaia
Gipuzkoa
Guipuscoa
Guipúzcoa
Vizcaya
Representation
apparition of Our Lord
book
chasuble
Holy Communion