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Ignatius of Loyola

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In his younger years, Ignatius (known as Iigo at that time) wouldnt really seem like the saint he was known to be in his later years. Born in 1491 to a noble family of thirteen in Spain, Iigo was a worldly person, his ambition in life to be a soldier. At a very young age, he was sent to a dukes palace to learn of the soldier ways. Soon, he was one of the best of the best, at the forefront of many battles suffering no injuries. He was a Christian, though he didnt really do much about it. He didnt do much about his faith. He spent his time as a soldier for his own glory. And besides, he had everything he could wish for. While defending a garrison in Pamplona in 1521, his legs were struck by a cannonball, ending his career as a soldier, for he was disfigured for life. He was devastated! At a young age of 30, with his most-wished-for career ended? It seemed like the future was bleak for him. But God made a way. As he was recuperating, he asked for any books on chivalry and adventure, but he was given the Life of Christ and the Lives of Saints (time to catch up on your faith). As he was reading, he was touched by the acts that the saints did for God. He felt that his injury was small compared to the pain they endured for the faith. He felt ashamed for spending his time on his own vainglory and not for serving others. He decided to use the talents God gave him to serve Him and His people. (This was the beginning of change).Once he was healed, he left home to prepare himself to walk and travel. He made steps to change himself and begin a new life. First, he changed his name to Ignatius after St. Ignatius of Antioch. He then gave away his expensive clothing and wore a tunic of rough material with a pilgrims staff. He then proceeded to the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat to offer his sword to show his willingness now to be a soldier of God. Ignatius then went to Manresa, where he spent ten months in fervent prayer, meditation, and reading of spiritual books. This was the Page 1

Name:____________________ place (River Cardoner, in particular) where he learned to find God in all things. He also made the Spiritual Exercises here. He knew that he had to be educated again in order to serve God. Latin was the universal language at the time, thus, he went to school, at the age of 33, with ten-year-old schoolchildren. He persevered in spite of the ridicule he received. Soon, he became learned enough to study in the Universities of Salamanca and Alcala, and later at the University of Paris. He was too old to be a university student in 1529, but he was still able to make new friends, such as Francis Xavier, Peter Faber, and Simon Rodriguez. With others, they made their vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and called themselves Compania de Jesus the Society of Jesus. What started with just Ignatius and a group of others soon became a group of over a thousand members. They use their talents to teach and preach about Jesus all over the world. The Life of St. __________

Note: this depends on section. Bellarmine, Berchmans, Brebeuf, Campion, Canisius, Claver, De Brito, Gonzaga, Kostka, Pignatelli, Regis, Rodriguez, and Xavier have different stories.
Ignatian Spirituality and its Six Characteristics St. Ignatius wrote the Spiritual Exercises in Manresa many, many years ago, for the good of everyone. These guide our spirit to be strong especially at times when we have to make our own decisions. This is the basis of Ignatian Spirituality. Six characteristics can describe what Ignatian Spirituality is. 1. Treasure life as a gift from God.

CLE Reviewer 8 AMDG God loves us so much, He gave us life, and grants so many blessings. He is the reason why we are here today. 2. Be aware of the challenges around us. Yes, temptations abound. It shows us that there is evil in the world. But dont be afraid. God is there with you. We must then be aware of these challenges and ask Him to strengthen our spirit in these times. 3. Use your gifts of imagination and intellect in prayer. God is just waiting for us to respond to Him. He has given us these two gifts, gifts that we can use to our advantage in order to enrich our prayer life. 4. Find God in all things. As St. Ignatius realised in the bank of the River Cardoner in Manresa, everything we see, including the things and people we interact with, are all signs of Gods presence; He is in everything, from the people around us to ourselves. 5. Decide and act responsibly. We are given the gifts of choice and action. Through prayer and our faith, we can choose things responsibly. Even if God gave us the gift of freedom, it is our duty to follow His will at all times. We have the capacity to choose what is right and what is good. 6. Be men-for-others. God empowers us to serve others. We are all part of a Christian community; our decisions and actions can also affect others as well. Hence, we must learn choose the more loving thing to do, even if it means making sacrifices for the sake of others. As Christians, we must live our lives in the service of others, for the greater glory of God. Prayers Christian prayer is a loving, conscious, and personal relationship with the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We can separate the prayers into four categories Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, Supplication. Page 2

Name:____________________ These must be viewed as honest, sincere expressions of our friendship with God. The following are the four aspects of prayer: Prayer as listening to God When we pray, we get to know God more deeply by spending time and communicating with Him. It is not just about talking with him, though; we can also pray through silence. Remember, no communication will happen if we dont know how to listen to God. Jesus tells us that praying to the Father is to be sincere and truthful in prayer and really listen to what He has to say. In this way, Christian prayer becomes a loving dialogue between God and us. 2. Prayer as entrusting our lives to God We must entrust our whole selves to God and simply come as we are: sinners yet His beloved children. We must remember that God knows us much more than we know ourselves. Therefore, we must be completely honest in prayer, no mask or anything like that. At the very heart of the relationship is the confident trust of being loved by God. 3. Prayer as communion with God As we come to know God more deeply and learn to trust Him more fully, we begin to commune with Him, and our hearts become united with His. The union with God in love and friendship is the goal of all authentic Christian prayer. When this happens, we become more sensitive to Gods will in our lives. Our communion with Him makes us more familiar with His ways. It inspires us to think like Him, act like Him (to love as He loved us), the link between these two being called discernment. Prayer, then, enriches our relationship with God and others. We become more caring, giving, just, and loving to others in prayer. God empowers us 1.

CLE Reviewer 8 AMDG to respond to Him authentically so that all our decisions and actions may truly reflect His loving will in our lives. 4. Growth in prayer Our prayer life is always in the process of growth. It is a loving relationship that develops and deepens as our response to Gods invitation to love and friendship becomes more authentic. As young children, we were taught the Traditional Prayers: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, the Apostles Creed, and all that. When we pray these, we become united with the past members of the Church who uttered the same words before us. But since the words of the prayers are already given to us, the challenge is to truly understand and live out its meaning. When we grow older, we learn to compose our own Spontaneous Prayers to God. These are important because they express to God our own unique circumstances and concerns in life. The challenge here, then, is to truly say what we mean. These must be sincere and honest words from our hearts. We can also use other ways of prayer, which include silent reflection (or meditation), praying with Scripture (contemplation), praying through religious songs or art, praying with nature, or making use of spiritual classics. However, we must remember that it is not about the method itself, but whether the use of such techniques leads us to commune with God in prayer. Our prayer life need not be complicated to be authentic. Some of the most heartfelt prayers are those that are said with simple words and done with utmost simplicity. Whatever our way of praying, true growth in prayer is only possible through the grace of the Holy Spirit the teacher of prayer. Our Prayer for the Quarter: The Lords Prayer Page 3

Name:____________________ The Our Father is the Lords Prayer: it is the prayer that Jesus Himself taught us. As such, it is the perfect and most fundamental prayer that all Catholics must learn to pray by heart. The Catholic Church considers the Our Father as the summary of the Good News, for it clearly expresses our relationship with the Triune God. Whenever we pray the Our Father we profess whom God is: our Almighty Father who has adopted us as His children through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit; and whom we truly are: sinners yet beloved children of God. In the Old Testament, however, God was seen as an entirely different God: many Jews thought of Him as an unreachable, almighty God who rewards the righteous and punishes the sinful ones. They feared God so much that they would not even dare say His name out of reverence and respect, and instead called Him Adonai, meaning Lord. But when Jesus Christ came, our relationship with God changed from being mere creatures, we became Gods children. Through Him, we get to know a very personal and intimate God. He taught us that we can call God Abba, Father, and relate with Him as His children. No other Christian prayer expresses this relationship fully than the Lords Prayer. When we pray it we become one with Jesuss own Spirit in crying out to our Abba. This prayer is a combination of the four kinds: Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. Moreover, when we pray this, we become united with the entire Christian community, for the prayer is never really a private prayer of Gods child. It is a community prayer and a community building prayer a prayer of all of Gods children to their Father. Line/Meaning Our Father in Heaven, God is LOVE; Jesus wants us to address Him as our Father. Holy be Your Name, Guide Questions how do I experience the love of God, the Father, in my life? what does it truly mean to be a child of God and a sibling of Christ? what have I done to glorify the

CLE Reviewer 8 Address God in a respectful and Fathers name in my life?

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Name:____________________ do I keep in mind that whatever I do in the here-and-now of my life has consequences for all eternity? is my entire life anchored in Christ who alone is our hope and salvation?

reverent manner. He is our Creator, do I truly bear witness to my name after all. Christian? Your Kingdom come, what have I done to help build the Were all part of the Kingdom of Fathers reign of live here on earth? God. It is in our hearts. One way it do I respond to Christs call to care will be seen in us is to respect others for the least of my brothers and sisters? and do good to others. Your Will be done on earth as in do I consider the Fathers will in all heaven. my actions and decisions? God has a plan for you. He usually do I follow Christs example of brings challenges in our lives to test obedience to the Fathers will? our faith. Give us this day our daily bread, am I doing something to respond He provides needs, not necessarily to the needs of the poor in our wants. He provides the things we society? what is my attitude toward the need for survival here on earth. Eucharist? Forgive us our sins, as we forgive is there anyone in my life right now those who sin against us. whom I need to ask forgiveness Sometimes, people can be hard to from? forgive. We therefore should ask when was the last time I went to confession? for the gift of mercy. Do not lead us to the test, This refers to the temptations we face. We mustnt try and avoid temptation; it is part of us. The only thing we can do is to overcome it. Page 4 what are the temptations that surround my life right now? do I realise my absolute need for Gods grace to resist and overcome these temptations?

The Holy Eucharist Eucharist came from the Greek

word Eucharistia, which means

thanksgiving. It used to be the early Churchs name for the prayer of thanksgiving that comes before the transformation of the bread and wine; now it applies to the entire celebration of the mass. The Holy Eucharist is the deepest symbol of the love of God for us Catholics. It is a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, and a bond of charity. Jesus instituted the first Eucharist in the Last Supper. He wants us to remember Him and His sacrifice whenever we celebrate the Eucharist. Jesus was also celebrating Passover in the Last Supper, an event where the Jews commemorate their freedom from slavery in Egypt. But Jesus made a new Passover, this time commemorating our freedom from sin. In it, we eat the Lamb of God. We remember Jesus and his gift for us, a sign of His love. When we celebrate the Holy Eucharist today, Jesus becomes present to us, through the priest (the celebrant), the Word of God (for it is through God that the stories were told; Jesus is also the one promised in these books), the community of believers (the Holy Spirit is with us), and the consecrated bread and wine (the miracle we witness: it spiritually transforms into the Body and Blood of Christ Himself). He invites us to be with Him because He loves us so much and would like to spend time with us. Thus, when we come together as one to celebrate it, it is like a declaration that we love Jesus back and that we also want to be present to Him. The

CLE Reviewer 8 AMDG Mass becomes our special meeting with Jesus. It is through the Mass that we express our desire to be united with Him and all the members of the community. This union gives us spiritual nourishment, which leads us to become more loving people. It empowers us to love one another as Jesus did. It gives us the courage and strength to face our daily challenges. When we draw ourselves to the Eucharist, we do the same to God. We are acknowledging and recognising our need for Him and His love in our lives. Yet as we draw near him, He has already drawn us to himself. The New Translation of the English Roman Missal I. Background The original language of the Mass was in Latin. It was not until the Second Vatican Council in 1973 that the Missal was translated into many different languages, including English. Bl. John Paul II, who initiated the third English Roman Missal in 2000, noticed that most languages adhered to their Latin counterpart, except for English. He wanted the translation of the English Missal to have a word-for-word translation, or closer to the Latin text. Benedict XVI continued the task, and the first copies of the New English Roman Missal were printed in 2011. The new version was made to preserve the original meaning and message of the words.

Name:____________________ Here are some of the changes: 1) And with your spirit the spirit represents whats best and noblest in a person. When the priest greets us with The Lord be with you, the Risen Christ becomes present. We then return the greeting and the priest will be filled with the Risen Lord, receiving the power and blessing of the Holy Spirit and wishing him the best. 2) through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault - the greatest sin in the world today is the lost sense of sin. To prepare us to receive Jesus, we pray the Confiteor. This part of the Confiteor reminds us that we are sinners in constant need of Gods forgiveness, and at the same time gives us a sense of hope in the loving mercy of God, who calls us to avoid sin and live a life of love. 3) Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. peace is Gods greatest gift to us; we did not need to earn it. Nobody can claim to deserve it, though. God, out of His love for us, sent His Son into the world so that we may have peace and our joy may be complete. Christ worked and died for peace. We are called to keep the peace of Christ alive in our hearts and in our community. 4) I believe in one God - in reciting the NicenoConstantinopolitan Creed, we affirm and declare our belief in God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We proclaim our belief in a personal and loving God; a Father who is continually present and involved in the lives of His children, through His Son, Jesus Christ, in the Spirit, who dwells in all of us, through the Church. 5) He descended into hell - in the Creed, the word hell refers to Sheol (abode of the dead). Jesus died and went to this realm to search for His lost sheep. It can also be understood

The new translation is a formal equivalent/literal translation of the words from the original Latin, as compared to the old English one, which is the dynamic equivalent or a more fluid translation that summarises the meaning of the Latin text. They are both Latin translations and do not differ in doctrinal content, though. But the new translation is a more accurate translation. Page 5

CLE Reviewer 8 AMDG metaphorically in humanitys experience of pain, betrayal, injustice, abandonment, etc. Jesus descends into our hell in order to impart to us the virtue of Christian optimism, hope in God. 6) It is right and just we believe that it is truly right and just to give thanks to our God. It is right to give Him thanks because Gods work of creation and salvation makes Him truly worthy of infinite praise and gratitude. It is just to give thanks to Him because He is the Just One, who shares with us His own righteousness so that we may become holy and worthy in His sight. 7) Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed. this is an adaptation of the Roman centurions response to Jesus in Scripture. The centurions attitude of humility and great faith must also be our attitude as we approach Holy Communion. We recognise our unworthiness in receiving Christ, but at the same time muster enough faith to come to Him, knowing fully that He alone can save us and bring us everlasting life. The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed The word creed comes from the Latin word credo meaning I believe. For Catholic Christians, the creed is the formal set of doctrines/formula statements that summarises, expresses our belief in the Triune God. At the same time, it is also a prayer and an act of faith put into words. As a prayer, it teaches us to believe, trust, ground ourselves not in what we feel, we do, we want, we are, but rather in what God is, does, wills, and offers in and for us. The creed is the fruit of the many attempts of the Early Church to sum up the core beliefs in Christianity, the foundational truths of our faith.

Name:____________________ There are two Creeds that reflect the basic beliefs of Catholic Christians: the Apostles Creed (its name came from the tradition that it originated from the Twelve), and the Nicene Creed. The Nicene Creed is named after the first ecumenical council of the Church, the Council of Nicaea (325 AD), which produced the first uniform doctrine of Christianity. This council was a response to a heresy or false teaching propagated by Alexandrian priest Arius. He stated that Jesus, as Gods son, does not share equal divinity with the Father; He is merely created by the Father and is therefore inferior to Him. The Early Church, under the leadership of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, fought against this corrupt doctrine and affirmed that Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, is consubstantial, one-in-being with the Father, and is therefore equal with the Father in terms of divinity. This resolved the confusion of many believers that was created by Arianism. The divinity of Christ was further affirmed by the next council of Constantinople (381 AD) with an addition of certain fundamental truths about the Holy Spirit and Church; thus the name NicenoConstantinopolitan Creed; but nowadays this consolidated version of the creed is more commonly referred to as the Nicene Creed. This, together with the Apostles Creed, has been solemnly recited by tens of millions of Christian believers all over the world for over 1600 years. They recognise the creed as a summary of their faith in the Triune God, and profess this belief in word and deed.

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God; begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation, He came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake, he

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was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death, and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who, with the Father and the Son, is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Name:____________________ love in whom we receive divine life; our Advocate, who guides the course of our life.

To each person we bow in humble adoration and thanksgiving for the work of creation, salvation, sanctification.
5) I believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church we believe the Church to be one, holy, universal, and apostolic. We accept the authority she received from Christ and we love and cherish her as mother, teacher, guide. She is the People of God, the Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit. Though there are occasions when our faith in the Church is tested, we continue to declare our loyalty to her because it is with her that Christ entrusted his word and sacraments. Through the Church, the Holy Spirit speaks to the faithful and continually calls everyone to a life of love and holiness in this world and in that of the world to come. The pronoun I expresses our personal adherence and support to the truths of our faith. On Sundays and solemnities, the Church calls upon us to renew this faith that we have received in Baptism. This act of renewal is done is done by reciting the fundamental truths of our faith and embracing the faith of the Church and committing our whole lives (thought, word, deed) to respond to the Triune God, who calls us to share in eternal life and love.

1) I believe in God this statement affirms our belief in a Supreme God, who, in all His divine glory, relates with human persons in a very personal way. We profess our absolute dependence to the Triune God, our Creator, Saviour, and Sanctifier, who calls us to participate in his loving plan for humankind. 2) I believe in one God, the Father almighty we believe in the person of the Father, Creator of all things, who, out of immeasurable love for us, sent His only begotten Son to be our saviour. 3) I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ we believe in the person of the Son, Jesus Christ, who is one-in-being with the Father, but incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became man to fulfil the work of salvation. He suffered, died, and rose again in order to raise the fallen world to the dignity of Gods adopted sons and daughters, and make it possible for us to experience eternal life. 4) I believe in the Holy Spirit we believe in the person of the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son the Spirit of Page 7