Ignatian contemplation turns prayer into a vivid, joyful encounter with Jesus — drawing children and adults alike into deeper ...

A cannonball shattered his leg — and set him on the path to sainthood, founding the Jesuits and transforming the Church.

In the “Prayer for Generosity” attributed (albeit mistakenly) to St. Ignatius of Loyola there is a request that God teach us “to labor and not seek to rest.” Such a heroic picture of Christian ...

In the Exercises, this is the “Fifth Annotation,” part of a list of 20 annotations that Ignatius places before the content of specific prayer periods and meditations that constitute the retreat.