Ignatian Wisdom #13: What Ignatius Would say to a lay person

Discernment | Ignatian Spirituality

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November 15, 2011

I came across this in my journal today as I was writing an article about St. Ignatius.  Jim Manney posted this piece by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, SJ on the dotMagis blog in September, and I must have liked it so much, that I copied it into my journal. 

“Human life has meaning. We are not aimless beings, without a goal or purpose. We have been created by a God who loves us. We are called to build the Kingdom of God by knowing, loving and serving God and other people and thus entering life everlasting….
God calls each and every one of us to share in a great enterprise. The lay person has a vocation, just as the religious and the priest has. The one thing that matters is to recognize our calling and respond to it faithfully…”   To read the rest… 

What is your calling? 
How are you responding to it?

Becky is an Ignatian-trained spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and writer. She is the author of the Busy Lives and Restless Souls (March 2017, Loyola Press) and The Inner Chapel (April 2020, Loyola Press). She helps others create space to connect faith and everyday life through facilitating retreats and days of reflection, through writing, and through spiritual direction. With nearly twenty years of ministry experience within the Catholic Church, Becky seeks to help others discover God at work in the every day moments of people’s lives by utilizing St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises and the many gifts that our Catholic faith and Ignatian Spirituality provide.

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