Daily Word St. Ignatius of Loyola Thursday, July 31 Moving Us Closer to God Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord, his God. Psalm 146:5 In addition to being universally regarded as one of the great mystics of the Church, St. Ignatius of Loyola is sometimes called the worlds first psychologist. Long before the world had an understanding of the psyche and a vocabulary to describe the interior life, Ignatius seemed to have a grasp of what goes on deep within our thoughts and emotions. He did not have a psychological vocabulary to work with; instead, he used the language of spirituality and mysticism. I suspect that even if hed possessed the vocabulary of psychology, he would have chosen to describe our inner movements in terms of good and evil. Why? Because he was convinced that, psychology notwithstanding, all our thoughts, feelings and actions are moving us either closer to God or further away from God. The Church believes this still. Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, S.J. Jeremiah 18:1-6 • Psalm 146:1-6 Matthew 13:47-53
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