Lesson 2: Mother Ignacia’s Response to God’s Call

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Raphael John

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  • When in 1684, at age twenty-one, Ignacia faced the need of choosing a state of life, it was indeed a moment of decision.
  • Fr. Paul Klein - a Jesuit professor at the Colegio de Manila
  • Retreat - the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
  • Murillo Velarde, 809 - stated that Ignacia was inspired by God to remain in the service of the Divine Majesty
  • Murillo Velarde - a Jesuit historian, affirms that Ignacia established herself in a house located at the back of the Jesuit college, the same place where later, the Mother House of her foundation was to be situated. (Behold the Handmaid of the Lord!, p. 4)
  • Five calls of Mother Ignacia:
    - call to solitude
    - call to community
    - call to ministry
    - call to institutionalization
    - call to hidden and humble service
  • The basic affirmation is that underlying the progress of events and the decisions made by her was the guiding hand of God. (A Lamp to our Path, pp.30-31)
  • Call of Moses - God calls Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
  • Revelation to Samuel - called to be a prophet charged with announcing God's word to Israel. Ironically, his first prophetic act will be to announce the destruction of Eli and his house
  • The call of Jeremiah - to be a prophet; called to bring a word from God to the people of Israel
  • Mary’s Call - And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you." But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God.
  • The Call of Levi - Jesus called him to be His disciple. Jesus called him to write the first of the four Gospels of the New Testament.
  • Rich young man - Jesus told the young man that he needed to do one more thing. He needed to sell everything he had and give the money to the poor. Then the young man should follow Him.
  • The Vocation of Saul - A turning point in Acts comes when Saul of Tarsus is called to serve God by proclaiming Jesus as Messiah.