St. Ignatius of Loyola: A Sinner yet Called

St. Ignatius of  Loyola: A Sinner yet Called

Today, all Jesuits around the globe with the universal Church celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Every Jesuit studies the life-story of Ignatius through The First Jesuit by Mary Purcell or Autobiography in the Novitiate. I did the same. Therefore, on this joyful day dedicated to our founder, I would like to recite the story of St. Ignatius by heart briefly. 

He used to be a page  in the court of a local nobleman,

a valiant soldier,

a man given over to the vanities of the world,

a ladies'man, 

a definitely rake,

and even it was rumored that he fathered an illegitimate child,

but he could feel that God had all along been loving him. 

Then, he became a loved sinner and a sinner yet called for the service of God. 

(July 31, 2014)

A loved sinner