The Jesuit Guide To (Almost) Everything - James Martin [192]
Lowney, Chris, 341, 347, 364, 369
Loyola, St. Ignatius: asceticism and, 178, 187–88; Autobiography, 12, 23; battle as key metaphor for, 189; being spiritual and religious, 50; character, 217; companions of, 8, 15, 22; composition of place, the Nativity scene, 149; on conscience, 202; Constitutions, 16, 21–23, 135, 240; contemplating the night sky, 17; contemplative attitude throughout day and, 350; death of, 16; decision making and haircut, 307–12; on decision-making of superiors, 272–73; on deeds as manifestation of love, 197; on desire, 63; dictum on love, 197, 220, 227, 229; the discerning mule and, 325; divesting of possessions, 186–87; the examen and, 87–97; feast day of, 271; finding God in nature, 171, 172; founding of Society ofJesus, 15–16; Francis Xavier and, 241–43, 260; on friendship, 254; friends of, 237–43, 244, 248–50; “gift of tears,” 302; God as the Almighty Artisan, 383; God as the center of his life, 28; identity of, 1; on indifference, 319; inexplicable feelings during prayer and, 132; ingenuity and leadership, 365; initial conversion, 51, 52–53, 77, 186, 225, 317; Inquisition and, 15, 54; on judging intentions not actions, 235; on lectio divina, 155, 161; letters of, 23–24, 237, 239, 242–43, 249, 369; life of, 11–19, 52–53, 237–43; on listening, 257; loquela (speech) from God, 127; in Manresa, 187; as mystic, 13–14, 18, 70, 309; ordination of, 16; on “overloading,” 357; path of moderation taken by, 310; perception of, 17–18; poverty and, 176, 186, 195, 201; prayer and, 145–46; quote on going forward by different roads, 145, 384; reliance on God and, 378; Rubens’s painting, 17; Simon Rodrigues and, 248–50; simple life and, 238; sin of ingratitude and, 264; Spiritual Exercises and, 9, 14, 19–21, 51, 62, 75, 81; Two Standards meditation and, 188–90; “union of hearts and minds,” 251; women and, 214; writing, prayer, and guidance for, 22
Luke: 1:26–28, 131; 1:30, 68; 2:10, 69; 2:52, 372; 4:16–30, 156–60; 5:10, 69; 8:22–25, 147; 9:58, 176; 10:29–37, 119; 15:3–10, 80–81; 15:11–32, 91; 18:21, 179; 22:42, 176
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 368
Macmurray, John, 39
Magis, 369–71
Maimonides, 44
Main, John, 165
Making Choices in Christ (Tetlow), 150, 312
Mariette in Ecstasy (Hansen), 49–50
Mark, Gospel of: 1:29–31, 216; 3:32, 176; 4, 119; 10:22, 179–80; 10:46–52, 57–58; 12:41–44, 201
Marriage, 61, 176, 214, 216–17, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 247, 253, 258, 261, 275–76, 279, 283, 307, 333, 337–38, 340, 342, 349, 377
Martin, James, S.J.: at America magazine, 278, 288, 348; bad decision made by, 330–32; celibacy and, 130, 222–23; colloquy and, 168; confusion about God, 42–43; contemplation of the storm at sea, 152–55; David Donovan as spiritual director, 6 (see also Donovan, David); death of friend and Path of Return to God, 37–38; decision to enter Jesuits, 314–15, 342, 345; decision to stay or leave the Jesuits, 276–79, 305; desire for priesthood and, 59–62; directed retreat of, 106–10; divesting of possessions, 179, 204; entering the novitiate, 178–80; falling in love and, 224–25, 276; father’s illness and death, 78–79, 204, 283–84, 285; friendship and, 244, 251–54; at General Electric, 43, 181, 269–70, 314, 343, 347–48, 368; God as the Great Problem Solver and, 37; Ignatian spirituality and growth, 392–93; incompletion and dissatisfaction, feelings of, 43; intense joy, experience of, 66; as Jesuit novice in Boston, 6, 110–14, 392; job at packaging plant, 352–53; loneliness and, 130–31, 133–34, 205–6, 301–4; Loyola University, Chicago, ministry, and examen, 92–94; mother and, lesson of Presupposition, 236; in Nairobi, Kenya, 83–85, 195–201, 205–6, 209–11, 219, 276–77, 303, 331–32; nature prayer and, 171–72; obedience to decision to delay theological studies, 276–79; Off-Broadway play and, 39–40, 101, 222–23; ordination of,