One of the key figures in Christian history, St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556) was a passionate and unique spiritual thinker and visionary. The works gathered here provide a first-hand, personal introduction to this remarkable character: a man who turned away from the Spanish nobility to create the revolutionary Jesuit Order, inspired by the desire to help people follow Christ. His Reminiscences describe his early life, his religious conversion following near-paralysis in battle, and his spiritual and physical ordeals as he struggled to assist those in need, including plague, persecution and imprisonment. The Spiritual Exercises offer guidelines to those seeking the will of God, and the Spiritual Diary shows Ignatius in daily mystical contact with God during a personal struggle. The Letters collected here provide an insight into Ignatius' ceaseless campaign to assist those seeking enlightenment and to direct the young Society of Jesus.

Preface

ix

Chronology

xiii

Glossary

xv

Bibliography

xix

REMINISCENCES (AUTOBIOGRAPHY)

Introduction

3

(10)

Loyola

13

(5)

To Manresa via Montserrat

18

(11)

The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

29

(10)

Studies and Conflicts in Spain

39

(10)

Paris

49

(7)

Interlude at Home

56

(2)

Italy

58

(12)

Epilogue

63

(4)

Goncalves da Camara

THE SPIRITUAL DIARY

Introduction

67

(3)

Pros and Cons in an election on poverty

70

(3)

The Spiritual Diary

73

(43)

Part I

73

(26)

Part II

99

(14)

SELECT LETTERS

Introduction

113

(3)

[1] Advice to a good woman (Ines Pascual 1524)

116

(2)

[3] Dealings with brother and nephew (1532)

118

(6)

[4] Comfort among calamities (Isabel Roser 1532)

124

(5)

[7] Steps in discernment (Teresa Rejadell 1536)

129

(7)

[8] Prayer made easy (Teresa Rejadell 1536)

136

(2)

[10] In praise of The Spiritual Exercises (Fr Miona 1536)

138

(2)

[11] Blueprint for a religious order (Mgr Carafa 1536)

140

(4)

[XII, app.] Early years in Italy (1536--37)

144

(4)

[17] Thanks for support (Mgr Contarini 1538)

148

(2)

[18] Roman trials and tribulations (1538)

150

(6)

[52] Benighted obedience (Fr Viola 1542)

156

(2)

[79] Vocation doubts of a young man (1544)

158

(2)

[101] Borgia's early steps (1545)

160

(4)

[123] Conduct at Trent (1546)

164

(4)

[149] Refusing episcopal dignities (1546)

168

(3)

[169] Ideals for newcomers (Coimbra 1547)

171

(11)

[182] Need for structures of government (Gandia 1547)

182

(8)

[186] Experience of poverty (Padua 1547)

190

(5)

[234] En route to the Constitutions (Louvain 1547)

195

(4)

[243] Defining obedience as an ideal (Coimbra 1548)

199

(5)

[466] Developments in the spiritual life (Borgia 1548)

204

(4)

[790] Dealing with a radical crisis (Borgia 1549)

208

(2)

[XII, app.] On prophecies and revelations (Gandia 1549)

210

(20)

[XII, app.] Spreading God's word in a German university (1549)

230

(8)

[958] Placating a parent over a son's vocation (1549)

238

(3)

[1554] Letter of resignation (1551)

241

(2)

[1587] Consoling a sister on her brother's death (1551)

243

(2)

[2652] Refusing a Cardinal's hat (Borgia 1552)

245

(2)

[3107] Students experiencing poverty (1552)

247

(1)

[3220] Agreeing to be royal confessors (1553)

248

(3)

[3304] The final word on obedience (1553)

251

(10)

[3505] The last call to Francis Xavier (Japan 1553)

261

(3)

[4184] Criteria in the choice of parish work (1554)

264

(2)

[5256] Financial worries (1555)

266

(1)

[5400] Norms for dealing with Superiors (1555)

267

(4)

[5471] The Society and the Inquisition (1555)

271

(2)

[XII, app.] Catechizing the sign of the cross

273

(1)

[6087] Consoling the mother of a student (1556)

274

(2)

[6454] Norms for food in Louvain (1556)

276

(2)

[6677] Reacting to obstacles in Zaragoza (1556)

278

(5)

THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

Introduction

281

(2)

Annotations

283

(6)

First Week

289

(14)

Principle and Foundation

289

(1)

Particular Daily Examen

290

(1)

General Examen

291

(3)

First-Fourth Exercise: on sins

294

(4)

Fifth Exercise: on hell

298

(1)

Additions

299

(4)

Second Week

303

(18)

The call of the king

303

(2)

First Day

305

(5)

First Contemplation: on the Incarnation

305

(1)

Second Contemplation: on the Nativity

306

(1)

Fifth Contemplation: use of the senses

307

(1)

Notes

308

(2)

Fourth Day

310

(5)

Meditation on Two Standards

310

(2)

Meditation on three classes of persons

312

(3)

Three kinds of humility

315

(1)

Elections

316

(5)

Preambles

316

(1)

Three Times, and Two Ways in the Third Time

317

(2)

For amendment and reform of one's personal life

319

(2)

Third Week

321

(6)

Rules as regards eating

325

(2)

Fourth Week

327

(2)

Notes

327

(2)

Additional Material

329

(1)

Contemplation for attaining love

329

(1)

Three Ways of praying

330

(4)

The Mysteries of the life of Christ Our Lord

334

(14)

Rules to understand movements in the soul

348

(5)

First Week

348

(3)

Second Week

351

(2)

Rules for alms-giving

353

(2)

Notes for the understanding of scruples

355

(1)

Rules for a true attitude of mind within the Church

356

(3)

Appendix: Text of Prayers mentioned in The Spiritual Exercises

359

(2)

Notes

361

(44)

Index

405

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