St Ignatius Of Loyola Research Paper

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the founder of the Jesuits. He founded the society of Jesus, but before accomplishing his goal he had to suffer and struggle a lot. Saint Ignatius was born of a wealthy family and grew up surrounded by luxury and riches. He had everything in the world a person could want but he wanted glory. He had a goal to accomplish which he had to focus on. Saint Ignatius also had his bad habits like gambling and drinking. I think that almost everybody has their own weakness or habit in their lives that end up to screw their lives. Even though Saint Ignatius loved drinking and gambling he had to focus on what he wanted. He devoted his life to the military because that was one of his passions but there was one day when he got injured. He was the leader of his army and that caused his army to retreat. He was not happy with that decision but there was nothing he could do. Saint Ignatius had a great pride of his physical appearance so if he is injured he doesn’t want anyone to talk about the way he was now that he had to stay in bed in order to recover. The time he had to spend in recovery he made use of it. He had a painful and long recovery that he ended up to read two very important books. The life of Christ and the Life of Saints these books end up having a change in the life of Saint
He did not care about his military life or his desire for glory. He started to focus on God and how he could help people get closer to God. He was later arrested because of his preaching and decided to give up his pride and became a humble person. He even traded his clothes with a farmer to show people and prove himself of the change he was making in life. Saint Ignatius wanted to be closer to God and share with the people his knowledge of what he was learning. He was becoming devoted to God and was changing his habits in order to achieve what he