PRIÈRE UNIVERSELLE de la célébration d’action de grâce à la fin de la 36e Congrégation générale Prions pour la sainte Église de Dieu répandue à travers le monde: afin qu’elle puisse annoncer avec courage l’évangile du salut et témoigner avec joie le Christ crucifié et ressuscité, qui a donné sa vie pour l’amour du monde. Prions pour notre Saint Père, le pape François : … [Lire...]
Gratitude – source de joie
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your … [Lire...]
Communitas ad dispersionem
“In their own communal apostolic discernment which led to the founding of the Society, Ignatius and his companions saw this as their unique call, their charism: to choose to be with Christ as servants of His mission, to be with people where they dwell and work and struggle, to bring the Gospel into their lives and labours. As pilgrims on Christ’s mission, we are ready to be … [Lire...]
Conseils ignatiens pour un dialogue fructueux
From a letter of Ignatius to the Jesuits attending the Council of Trent. He gives instructions to Jesuits, so that interventions in big assembly can be more fruitful: Be slow to speak. Be considerate and kind, especially when it comes to deciding on matters under discussion, or about to be discussed in the council. Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened … [Lire...]
Collaborateurs de Dieu
On the day of the feast of the dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the mother of all churches let us contemplate on being co-workers of God‘s grace. A text of Blessed Oscar Romero can help us. He gives a vision of our work in the Church which is not perfect and has not to be perfect, because we are not perfect. But in beeing sober it frees and motivates us to be creative, … [Lire...]
Shalom
Father Ignatius to the townspeople of Azpeitia about real peace (1540): Let me repeat that there is no desisting in my earlier desires that you continue to enjoy in this life peace and quiet of heart in the true peace of our Lord, not in the peace of the world. In the world there are many princes, great men and little men, who make truces and treaties in their external lives … [Lire...]
Saint Esprit – Consolator optime
Ignatius about spiritual consolation: „By this kind of consolation I mean that which occurs when some interior motion is caused within the soul through which it comes to be inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord. As a result it can love no created thing on the face of the earth in itself, but only in the Creator of them all. Similarly, this consolation is experienced … [Lire...]
Saints – Formé par la Grâce de Dieu
„There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves entirely to His hands, and let themselves be formed by His Grace. A thick and shapeless tree trunk would never believe that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculpture ... and would never consent to submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor who, as St. Augustine … [Lire...]
Disponibilité – la force de notre mission
Availability is the strength of our mission: “Availability is to be an attitude of the individual Jesuit and a characteristic of the whole Society: mobile, agile, responding to the needs of a fast-changing world.“ GC34, D21,1 “To be joined with Christ as his companions in obedience to the will of the Father allows us to become servants of his mission of evangelization. … [Lire...]
Audace – Un fruit d’une profonde confiance dans la volonté de Dieu
Today we celebrate Blessed Rupert Mayer, a German Jesuit who lived and worked mainly in Munich. In his town he was well known as helper of the poor, as a brave preacher against the Regime of the Nazis and as a defender of the freedom of the Church. For this he was arrested and imprisoned by the Gestapo, and then sent to a concentration camp. Later he was transferred to a … [Lire...]
Commémoration des morts
The encounter with Christ is the decisive act of judgement. Before his gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter with him, as it burns us, transforms and frees us, allowing us to become truly ourselves. All that we build during our lives can prove to be mere straw, pure bluster, and it collapses. Yet in the pain of this encounter, when the impurity and sickness of our lives … [Lire...]
Sainteté – Un moyen de l’Incarnation
In the early church “All Saints“ was celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. So “All Saints“ was understood as an Epiphany of Pentecost. The Saints are fruits of the Holy Spirit, of his work of incarnation which is described by Teilhard de Chardin. This can be seen as an introduction into the meditation of the Beatitudes: “You can only convert that which you love: if a … [Lire...]
Pour nos Frères
From the beginnings the Society had conceived of itself as a universal “body”. This Pauline methaphor cf. 1 Cor. 12,12ff, much loved by Saint Ignatius and used frequently in the Constitutions to refer to the entire Society, expressed his idea of our vocation as both one and diverse. GC 34, D 7, 4 On the Feast of our Saint Brother Alphonsus Rogríguez we pray especially for our … [Lire...]
Les jésuites – Serviteurs de la joie
Pope Francis said to us at the beginning of this week: “The Jesuit is a servant of the joy of the Gospel.” and “The Good News ought not to be given with a sad face, but rather, with joy!” Furthermore he said: “Joy is not only decorative, it is also a clear indicator of grace, it shows that love is active, working and present.” But how do we find this deep Joy? Pope Francis … [Lire...]
Pour les vocations
Pedro Arrupe dit à un jeune qui voulait devenir jésuite: «Reste chez toi si cette idée te rend inquiet et nerveux; ne viens pas chez nous à moins d’aimer l’Eglise comme une mère et non comme une belle-mère ne viens pas si tu penses faire une faveur à la Compagnie; mais viens si pour toi le service du Christ est au coeur de la vie; viens si tu as le dos assez solide, viens … [Lire...]
Pour nos supérieurs
El sentido comunitario ha sido esencial en la Compañía desde el mismo momento de su nacimiento. El grupo inicial de Ignacio y de sus “amigos” en el Señor se amplió de inmediato con otros que quisieron seguir el camino que ellos habían tomado. Pidamos para nosotros, sus sucesores en la llamada de Dios, el sentido verdadero y la estima profunda de la vida comunitaria en … [Lire...]
Vie en communauté
A group of students intending to enter the Society had formed a community in Louvain. Ignatius wrote them a letter in 1547. In his letter we read about community life: „You have laid upon yourselves a heavy obligation to live holy and pious lives: having separated yourselves from others in your residence and way of life, you will be under everyone’s observation and on … [Lire...]
Faites-moi un canal de ta paix
Saint Mother Teresa had all her life a deep relationship to ignatian Spirituality. As a Business Card she liked to distribute the following words, which can be seen as an unfolding of the contemplativus in actione: The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. Saint … [Lire...]
Le Bon Pasteur
Franz van de Lugt SJ, a member of the Near East Province, lived and worked in Syria, mainly in Homs as spiritual guide especially for the youth. He was killed on the 7th of April 2014, aged 76. In him we have the image of a Good Shepherd: his hope in the resurrection strengthened him in his ministry. In March 2014 he wrote: “Just as I have shared with the Syrian people their … [Lire...]
Magnificat
When God is in the midst of people, relationships are full of life. We see this in the encounter between Elizabeth and Mary: there is so much joy, appreciation, sharing, understanding, movement, life, freedom, peace and uplifting of the soul to praise God. There is no room for envy, jealousy, hate, violence, numbness, narrowness... We find the same dynamic of uplifting the … [Lire...]
Miserando atque Eligendo
GC32 states: "What is it to be a Jesuit? It is to know that one is a sinner, yet called to be a companion of Jesus." D 2,1 These words are echoed in the answer Pope Francis gave to the question „Who is Jorge Mario Bergolio: "The best summary, the one that comes more from the inside and I feel most true is this: I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon.” And the Pope … [Lire...]
L’héritage de Arrupe
After his resignation was accepted Fr. Arrupe gave a final message to the Society. Let us listen to those concluding words, expressed by Fr. Pedro before he entered into the silence of his personal surrender to God. "To each one of you in particular I would love to say – tantas cosas: so much, really. From our young people I ask that they live in the presence of God and grow … [Lire...]
Ite, inflammate omnia
La légende dit que Saint Ignace, quand il envoya Saint François-Xavier en Orient, lui dit: “Va, enflamme le monde.” Avec la naissance de la Compagnie de Jésus, un nouveau feu était allumé dans un monde en changement. Une nouvelle forme de vie religieuse venait au jour, non par une entreprise humaine mais par une initiative divine. Le feu qui fut alors allumé continue de brûler … [Lire...]
Un instrument du Seigneur
The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew. I dream of a “missionary option”, that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, … [Lire...]
Grave ton nom dans nos coeurs
Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch. Traditional iconography depicts him holding a heart, which is inscribed with the golden letters “IHS.” Iñigo got to know the martyr bishop during his convalescence in Loyola while reading the lives of the Saints. One legend about this bishop that Iñigo was bound to have come across would have been when … [Lire...]
Prière universelle – Messe du Saint-Esprit
Élevons notre prière commune au Père pour que l’Esprit Saint puisse guider et éclairer l’esprit et le cœur de ceux auxquels il a confié son œuvre de sanctification. Alléluia, Alléluia Que l’Esprit de force d’âme et de sagesse donne à tous les baptisés le courage de proclamer que « Jésus est Seigneur », pour que le message de salut porte du fruit dans tous les … [Lire...]
Au point d’équilibre
“It is necessary to keep as my objective the end for which I am created, to praise God our Lord and save my soul. Furthermore, I ought to find myself indifferent, that is, without any disordered affection, to such an extent that I am not more inclined or emotionally disposed toward taking the matter proposed rather than relinquishing it, nor more toward relinquishing it rather … [Lire...]
Puiser l’«Audace de l’Improbable»
Que le Seigneur vous fasse la grâce, au long de vos réflexions et discernements, de vous laisser guider, engendrer, dans cette audace de faire entendre à travers vos engagements, vos paroles, vos solidarités, la voix toujours inattendue de Celui qui espère le monde, renverse la mort et établit la vie, Celui à qui vous cherchez à rendre la plus grande gloire. (...) C’est … [Lire...]
Envoie ton souffle en moi, ô Esprit Saint
God, gather and turn my thoughts to you. With you there is light, you do not forget me. With you there is help and patience. I do not understand your ways, but you know the way for me. Dietrich Bonhoeffer In regard to the qualities which are desirable in the superior general, the first is that he should be closely united with God our Lord and intimate with Him in prayer and … [Lire...]
Silence – Adoration
Come, You Spirit of Quiet. Guide me into your Stillness that I might hear in myself the Word you speak. Free me from all Fear hat all which binds me leaves me and leaves me to who I am. Open as a vast chalice I want Your wonders, Your fullness, Your holy presence gently to seize me. Come You Spirit of Breath, breathe your breath into my thoughts, into my feelings. Come and … [Lire...]
La grâce de discernement
“We decided to come together for some days before separating, to discuss with one another our vocation and manner of life. After doing this for several days, we were divided by different ideas and opinions concerning our state of life. There was unity of mind and purpose: to seek the gracious and perfect will of God according to the scope of our vocation; but there were various … [Lire...]
La Sainte Vierge Marie, Mère de la Compagnie de Jésus
God, gather and turn my thoughts to you. With you there is light, you do not forget me. With you there is help and patience. I do not understand your ways, but you know the way for me. Dietrich Bonhoeffer For Ignatius the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary was an essential part of his spirituality. At crucial points in his life Ignatius had recourse to her … [Lire...]
Rends mon coeur semblable au tien
Our earliest companions, even though they considered themselves weak and fragile and originating from many different places, found the will of God together amid great diversity of opinion. What enabled them to find God’s will was their “decided care and alertness to initiate a completely open way” and to offer themselves fully to it for the greater glory of God. Thus they began … [Lire...]
Amis dans le Seigneur
Father, in the Holy Spirit, inflame the hearts of all your sons in the Society of Jesus with the fire that our three founding fathers, Ignatius, Francis Xavier and Peter Faber, drew from the Heart of Jesus, your Son, Our Lord, Saviour and King. Give us, Lord, the wisdom of our Father Ignatius so that we may recognise – and respond to – the call of the Spirit in our lives, … [Lire...]
À la recherche du magis
Ceux qui voudront davantage s‘attacher et se distinguer en tout service de leur Roi éternel et Seigneur universel, non seulement offriront leurs personnes à la peine, mais (...) ils feront des offrandes de plus grande valeur et de plus grande importance. Ex. Sp. 97 Le magis n‘est pas seulement une caractéristique jésuite parmi d‘autres. Il les imprègne toutes. Toute sa vie … [Lire...]
Le nom de Jésus, notre salut
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil 2,9-11) In the name of Jesus we are united in prayer, to praise God and to give him thanks for our … [Lire...]
Veni Creator Spiritus
Spirit of wisdom and understanding, deepen our silence so we may seek and find you in all things. Spirit of right judgment and courage, breathe in us the de- sire and zeal to bring justice and mercy to your people. Spirit of knowledge and reverence, guide us in the footsteps of Jesus along the pathway of the Kingdom. Spirit of wonder and awe, open our eyes to the mystery of … [Lire...]
Bénédiction de l’aula
Le 22 septembre, quelques jours avant le début de la CG, le Père Général, en présence d’un grand nombre de membres de l’équipe de la curie, a fait la bénédiction de cette très belle salle où se réuniront les membres de la Congrégation à partir du 2 octobre. Voici la prière rédigée et utilisée à cette occasion. Bénédiction de l’aula Au nom du Père, et du Fils et du … [Lire...]
Continue à briller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVF0i5FHwnE … [Lire...]
Prière pour la CG36
Dieu, notre Père, tout-puissant et miséricordieux tu as envoyé ton Fils Jésus, ta Parole vivante, pour sauver l’humanité par sa vie, sa croix et sa résurrection, et tu as aussi envoyé ton Esprit Saint pour inspirer et accompagner l’Eglise dans son pèlerinage sur terre. Avec confiance, nous te prions pour la Compagnie qui porte le nom de Jésus. Fais que la … [Lire...]