May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.— Romans 15:13
St. Ignatius of Loyola was a bad man before his conversion. It is said of him that he probably had broken every commandment by the time a cannonball ripped through his leg in a battle he initiated in his native Spain.
During his convalescence, the Lord opened his eyes to the reality of the spiritual battle around and within him. His…