ON THE FEAST OF ST IGNATIUS LOYOLA - Here is a delightful poem for your prayerful contemplation as you remember and celebrate the life of Iñigo López de Loyola.
Ignatius boy-soldier hoodlum courtier day-old dreamer smashed up good in war convalescent convert cannonball Christian crippled companion with a knack for re-routing attacks
lend us your gift for woundedness that turns a shot around then takes its aim at holiness
think of all the saints you could socialise if only you hobbled now into Syria and taught the fallen your techniques
we’ve got sufficient lead and bloodshed to gild the whole world with your inside-out-going alchemy.
Greg Kennedy, SJ, is a Jesuit scholastic, in his second year of Theological Studies at Regis College, Toronto.
Image | Ignatius at Manresa by Montserrat Gudiol (1991). The painting is at Manresa.
(via AnaStpaul – Breathing Catholic)
