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Just call me López : getting to the heart of Ignatius Loyola
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Ihave heard Jesuits nervously joke that they have
no fear of coming face-to-face with Almighty God in
Heaven, but are filled with trepidation at the prospect
of meeting Ignatius of Loyola!
The biographies I’ve read of Ignatius over the years
have done little to diminish his reputation of being
somewhat fierce and forbidding. Having said that, I’ve
noted that his contemporaries—the people who actually
were with him and worked alongside him—all
seemed to love him and to enjoy being with him.
It was with this in mind that I asked Margaret
Silf—someone with a profound insight into Ignatian
spirituality—to consider writing a short book about
Ignatius that wouldn’t be simply another biography
but would give a twenty-first-century reader insight
into this man’s humanity. I asked for a telling of his
story that would help us better understand what
Ignatius’s spiritual experiences offer us, even today.
Margaret has written a powerful work of imagination
that places us with Rachel, our narrator, in contact
with “López” (this is one part of Ignatius’s full name) at
pivotal moments in his life. We are rooted with Rachel
in the present; it is Ignatius who somehow “time shifts”
to be with us. This requires some suspension of disbelief,
but it is a small price to pay for being allowed to
listen to these two spiritual companions who have so
much to learn from each other.
Margaret has succeeded not only in showing us
Ignatius’s warm and compassionate character, but she
also introduces us to the important stages in his journey
(a timeline is provided at book’s end) and gives an
excellent outline of his famous “Spiritual Exercises.”
Loyola Press
Silf, margaret - Personal Name
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271 Sil c
978-0-8294-3668-6
271
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Electronic Resource
English
Loyola Press
2012
chicago
p. cm.
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