The Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola causes us to pause for a moment to look at our lives and see what is the best way we serve God and others for the greater glory of God. Lost in the world of a chivalrous and amorous life, the young Ignatius was wounded in the leg by a cannon ball and forced into months of recovery during which he read lives of the saints and a life of Christ. Moved by what he read and realizing that the saints were people made of the same "stuff" as he, he determined to imitate them and turn his life around to the service of God. He wasn't sure what that meant and after many years of prayer, study and discernment, he arrived at the conclusion that living a simple life and educating others was the plan of God for him. Others followed his example and before he died there were 1,000 Companions in the Society of Jesus, which is now still the largest Order of priests and brothers. Ignatius found great peace and contentment in God's way rather than his way.
As we begin this day, what will strike us as "the way to go" to follow the plan of God for us? Even in the most simple choices we make today, may we ask God to help us make the choice he would make.
"What Would Jesus Do?", a popular question these days. Indeed it is and a very helpful one.. How will we answer it?
Bro. Rene
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