Feast day July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Founder of the Society of Jesus · 1491–1556
For those who seek God's will in every daily choice.
In their words
Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest.
Life
Basque nobleman wounded in battle at Pamplona, who encountered Christ during his convalescence through reading the lives of the saints. Founded the Society of Jesus, wrote the Spiritual Exercises, and shaped the modern art of discernment. His motto: Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam — "For the greater glory of God."
A prayer
Suscipe
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and call my own. You have given it all to me. To You, Lord, I return it. Everything is Yours; do with it what You will. Give me only Your love and Your grace. That is enough for me.