St Ignatius' thoughts and work on Christian spirituality
One of the key figures in Christian history, St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556) was a passionate and unique spiritual thinker and visionary. The works gathered here provide a first-hand, personal introduction to this remarkable character- a man who turned away from the Spanish nobility to create the revolutionary Jesuit Order, inspired by the desire to help people follow Christ. His Reminiscences describe his early life, his religious conversion following near-paralysis in battle, and his spiritual and physical ordeals as he struggled to assist those in need, including plague, persecution and imprisonment. The Spiritual Exercises offer guidelines to those seeking the will of God, and the Spiritual Diary shows Ignatius in daily mystical contact with God during a personal strugg;e. The Letters collected here provide an insight into Ignatius' ceaseless campaign to assist those seeking enlightenment and to direct the young Society of Jesus.
By:
Ignatius of Loyola,
Joseph Munitiz
Volume editor:
Philip Endean
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 325g
ISBN: 9780140433852
ISBN 10: 0140433856
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 27 June 1996
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Chronology Glossary Bibliography Reminiscences (Autobiography) Introduction 1. Loyola 2. To Manresa via Montserrat 3. The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem 4. Studies and Conflicts in Spain 5. Paris 6. Interlude at Home 7. Italy Epilogue by Gonçalves da Câmara The Spiritual Diary Introduction Pros and Cons in an election on poverty The Spiritual Diary: Part I Part II Select Letters Introduction 1 [1]* Advice to a good woman (Inés Pascual 1524) 2 [3] Dealings with brother and nephew (1532) 3 [4] Comfort among calamities (Isabel Roser 1532) 4 [7] Steps in discernment (Teresa Rejadell 1536) 5 [8] Prayer made easy (Teresa Rejadell 1536) 6 [10] In praise of The Spiritual Exercises (Fr Miona 1536) 7 [11] Blueprint for a religious order (Mgr Carafa 1536) 8 [XII, app.] Early years in Italy (1536-37) 9 [17] Thanks for support (Mgr Contarini 1538) 10 [18] Roman trials and tribulations (1538) 11 [52] Benighted obedience (Fr Viola 1542) 12 [79] Vocation doubts ofa young man (1544) 13 [101] Borgia's early steps (1545) 14 [123] Conduct at Trent (1546) 15 [149] Refusing episcopal dignities (1546) 16 [169] Ideals for newcomers (Coimbra 1547) 17 [182] Need for structures of government (Gandia 1547) 18 [186] Experience of poverty (Padua 1547) 19 [234] En route to the Constitutions (Louvain 1547) 20 [243] Defining obedience as an ideal (Coimbra 1548) 21 [466] Developments in the spiritual life (Borgia 1548) 22 [790] Dealing with a radical crisis (Borgia 1549) 23 [XII, app.] On prophecies and revelations (Gandia 1549) 24 [XII, app.] Spreading God's word in a German university (1549) 25 [958] Placating a parent over a son's vocation (1549) 26 [1554] Letter of resignation (1551) 27 [1587] Consoling a sister on her brother's death (1551) 28 [2652] Refusing a Cardinal's hat (Borgia 1552) 29 [3107] Students experiencing poverty (1552) 30 [3220] Agreeing to be royal confessors (1553) 31 [3304] The final word on obedience (1553) 32 [3305] The last call to Francis Xavier (Japan 1553) 33 [4184] Criteria in the choice of parish work (1554) 34 [5256] Financial worries (1555) 35 [5400] Norms for dealing with Superiors (1555) 36 [5471] The Society and the Inquisition (1555) 37 [XII, app.] Catechizing the sign of the cross 38 [6087] Consoling the mother of a student (1556) 39 [6454] Norms for food in Louvain (1556) 40 [6677] Reacting to obstacles in Zaragoza (1556) The Spiritual Exercises Introduction Annotations First Week: Principle and Foundation Particular Daily Examen General Examen First-Fourth Exercise: on sins Fifth Exercise: on hell Additions Second Week: The call of the king First Day: First Contemplation: on the Incarnation Second Contemplation: on the Nativity Fifth Contemplation: use of the senses Notes Fourth Day: Meditation on Two Standards Meditation on three classes of persons Three kinds of humility Elections Preambles Three Times, and Two Ways in the Third Time For amendment and reform of one's personal life Third Week: Rules as regards eating Fourth Week: Notes Additional Material: Contemplation for attaining loveThree Ways of praying The Mysteries of the life of Christ Our Lord Rules to understand movements in the soul: First Week; Second Week Rules for alms-giving Notes for the understanding of scruples Rules for a true attitude of mind within the Church Appendix: Text of Prayers mentioned in The Spiritual Exercises Notes Index *Numbers in square brackets are those of the letters in the MHSI edition.
Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) was trained as a page at the court of Castile. Wounded at the siege of Pamplona in 1521, he underwent a deep conversion, eventually travelling to Jerusalem and beginning to study. He attracted like-minded students and in 1534 they took vows and formed the 'Society of Jesus', popularly known as the Jesuits. From 1540 he was elected Superior General and lived in Rome, organising the astonishing spread of the Jesuits. He was canonized in 1622. Joseph A. Munitiz is Master of Campion Hall, Oxford. Philip Endean lectures in theology at Heythrop College, University of London. He is General Editor of The Way, a journal of contemporary Christian spirituality, sponsored by the Jesuits.
