Ignatian Spirituality

Following in his footsteps

Companions of Jesus, or more precisely, His friends. Not an idea or a concept. Not even an ideal. Rather an intimate relationship with Him, where you discover day by day that you can trust Him and that He trusts you, because He knows exactly who you are. It is through this deep “listening and feeling with Christ” that our vocation to be Companions of Jesus is revealed.

The Spiritual Exercises are our way of encountering the Risen One:

Wherever He takes us

Friends of the Lord, friends of the poor. As Christ carries His cross He makes us aware of every kind of thirst that afflicts humanity. And He leads us to recognize that, deep within us, we too have the same needs. Poverty, in all its forms, generates violence against human dignity. Ignatius and his companions felt the urgency of reaching out to the least and excluded, at the peripheries, as well as at the center of society. To this day we seek to view the world through the eyes of the poor and marginalized, learning from them and working for them and with them.

Free as the wind

Our relationship with the Lord sets us free. Free to come out of our shells and encounter others. Free to give all that we’ve got, without holding anything back. Free even to make mistakes. Because love lives on, love perseveres. This is what we experience with Him, repeatedly enveloped in His forgiving embrace, even when we turn away from Him. This is how we try to relate to people. Free, not to do what we want, rather, free to love. Indeed, as He loves us.

Ignatius’ journey to become a free man holds the elements of Jesuit spirituality.