Wednesday 24 July 2013

NOVENA TO ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA - DAY FOUR - JULY 25, 2013 - TOTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHURCH

St. Ignatius regarded the Church as a mother even though during his time there were many abuses in the Church. He never considered himself an outsider, an armchair critic, but actively went about trying to reform the Church from within. In his Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius had specially incorporated Eighteen Rules for thinking with the Church, the first of which exhorts us to be ready to obey promptly and in all things the true spouse of Christ our Lord, our Holy Mother Church.
Many of us unfortunately are able to see only the negative, the black spot on the white wall, or the half empty bottle. We find it difficult to focus on the positive, the white wall or the half filled bottle when it comes to our assessment of the Church. We need to understand that we are all part of the Church, and while there will be abuses, we need to go about correcting them through constructive and positive criticism like Ignatius did.


Triune God, Father, Son and Spirit, the union and love you share is the model for all union and love among us. We pray that through the intercession of St. Ignatius of Loyola, we who belong to this Parish may have the courage to manifest this union among ourselves so that we might be true witnesses of your love among us. We ask this in your united name. Amen.

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