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Ignatius of Loyola (Saint Ignatius), born October 24, 1491, died July 31, 1556, was a Spanish Basque Roman Catholic priest who founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (AKA Jesuits) and became its first Superior General Pope Francis is a Jesuit. He joined them in 1958 at age 22, was ordained a priest in 1969, was Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina for 1973-1079, became Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, a cardinal in 2001 (by Pope John Paul II). He was elected Pope in 2013 after the resignation of Benedict XVI I joined the Jesuits in 1960 at the age of 18, actually a few months after Francis took his vows as a Jesuit. While I completed most of two years of novitiate, I did not take vows. At least three things that I learned as a novice seem to characterize Pope Francis 1. Always presume permission . Ignatius loved rules as guides to behavior, but he was not obsessed with their observance. Since novices often are, we will told "always presume permission." We w...

  General Instruction Liturgy of the Hours 38. Morning Prayer, as is clear from many of the elements that make it up, is intended and arranged for the sanctification of the morning. Saint Basil the Great gives an excellent description of its character in these words: It is said in the morning in order that the first stirrings of our mind and will may be consecrated to God, and that we may take nothing in hand until we have been gladdened by the thought of God, as it is written: “I was mindful of God and was glad” (Psalm 77:4), or set our bodies to any task before we do what has been said: “I will pray to you, Lord, you will hear my voice in the morning; I will stand before you in the morning and gaze on you” (Psalm 5:4-5).[3] This Hour, celebrated as it is as the light of a new day is dawning, also recalls the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the true light enlightening all mankind (see John 1:9) and “the Sun of justice” (Malachi 4:2), “rising from on high” (Luke 1:78). Hence, we ca...