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• How do we respond to this call to God's kingdom, to eternal happiness?

  First is through respect for the worth of others. Second, we are called to be in soliditary with others which means comittin ourselves to the good of all and of each individual. Lastly, we respond through fidelity to God and to one another.
• In 1816, he founded the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ
• He also wrote a famous book, Introduction to the Devout Life
• the sermon on the mount enables us to learn the essential qualities
• these beatitudes are considered footpath to true happiness
• this new basis for moral life is potrayed in jesus' sketch of those "blessed"
• the kingdom of God also has a charter— the Beatitudes
• they bring clear focus of essential qualities, action, and attitudes of Christian living
• we face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, struggles of justice, persecutions, difficulties of daily conversation, effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness
• the beatitues is a beautiful prayer that celebrates our calling to be disciples of Christ
• The Spanish Saint also known for founding the "Society of Jesus" also known as "Jesuits" and for creating "Spiritual Exercises"
• St Ignatius was born in a noble family in 1491 is Guipuzcoa, Spain
• St Ignatius wounded his leg during the siege of Pamplona in 1521
• Made the pilgrimage to Rome and Holy Land where he worked to convert Muslims
• St. Ignatius died peacefully in July 31, 1556
• He was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1662