St. Ignatius of Loyola – based on a 19th Century Lithograph – After Rubens – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola (1481-1556) was born a nobleman in Basque, Spain. He joined the army at a young age and took a cannonball in the leg in 1521. It laid him up in bed for a year, convalescing, and he turned to reading a lot of books. He couldn't find the heroic tales of battle he loved, but instead found stories of the lives of the Saints. During this time, he discovered God working inside him, prompting and guiding him. Possessing the zeal he had as a soldier, he moved to a cave when he got better to devote himself to God. He wrote about his inner life. Thus, he learned how to do retreats and what we now call Ignatian Prayer, which is a way of writing out your dialogue with God. You ought to consider looking into if you don't already know how. Ignatius became a priest and founded the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. They were and are a highly educated order, a force of the Counter Reformation. They built churches and schools all over Europe and from Brazil to Japan. Ig