Contemplation in the Action of Justice: the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador

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Contemplation in the Action of Justice the
Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador
Tombs of the martyrs in the University chapel of
the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
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Ignacio Ellacuria "The Exercises of Saint
Ignatius as a Theological Place for
Historicization."
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Jesuit Spirituality

• The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola
• Goal
• To know God love
• Respond to Gods love

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The First Week

• To know Gods love for me as I am.

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Second Week

• To know Gods love for me as the Son incarnate

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Third Week

• To know Gods unconditional love for me

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Fourth Week

• To know the triumph of Gods love

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To Love as God Loves
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Contemplation in the action of justice

• Ignacio Ellecuria "God becomes present to the
  person at work, and the person makes God present
  and becomes present to a God at work."

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The Significance of Martyrdom
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. The death of
that adored Being in fact signifies to our thirst
for happiness that the End of creation is not to
be sought in the temporal dimensions of our
visible World, but that the effort expected of
our fidelity ought to be consummated beyond a
total metamorphosis of ourselves, and of
everything that surrounds us.
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The Fruits of Sacrifice
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The Work of the Creator Continues