I once heard an older Jesuit quip, “I asked God to take my memory…. and he did!” He was referring to the Ignatian Suscipe, which begins, Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory. Situated ...
In 1522 Ignatius became a pilgrim, giving away all his clothes and possessions to the poor and devoting himself to prayer and contemplation. A 17th-century statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Spanish ...