The First Principal and Foundation by Saint Ignatius of Loyola The Goal of our life is to live with God forever. God, who loves us, gave us life. Our own response of love allows God’s life to flow into us without limit.   All the things in this world are gifts from God, Presented to us so that we can …

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me Water from the side of Christ, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me Good Jesus, hear me Within the wounds, shelter me from turning away, keep me From the evil one, protect me At the hour of my …

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola Lord, you know me better than I know myself. Your Spirit pervades every moment of my life. Thank you for the grace and love you shower on me. Thank you for your constant, gentle invitation to let you into my life. Forgive me for the times I have refused that invitation, and closed …

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola May it please the supreme and divine Goodness, to give us all abundant grace, ever to know his most holy will, and perfectly to fulfill it. Amen.

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,  my memory, my understanding and my entire will, All I have and call my own.   You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That …

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward, save that of knowing that I do …

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola Help me to clarify my intentions. Purify my feelings, sanctify my thoughts and bless my efforts, so that everything in my life be according to your will. I have so many contradictory desires … I worry about things that do not matter nor are lasting. But I know if I give you my …

A Prayer by Saint Ignatius of Loyola O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness, and we feel our weakness and helplessness, Give us the sense of Your Presence, Your Love and Your Strength. Help us to have perfect trust in, your protecting love, and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, For, living close to You, we …

Letter to the Jesuits of Europe by St. Francis Xavier from Amboina in India, May 10th 1546 “I have decided to go to the Moro Islands to assist the Christians in spiritual matters, exposing myself to every danger of death, placing all my confidence and hope in God our Lord, desiring to conform myself, in keeping with my slight and feeble …

“May God our Lord grant us in time the gift to perceive His holy will. He wishes that we should always be ready to fulfil it whenever he manifests it to us and lets us feel it within our souls. To fare well in this life, we must be pilgrims ready to go wherever we can serve God our Lord …