July 2: Todo por Jesús (Everything for Jesus)
I have come to Salamanca for the Spanish language course. We are 17 participants from Europe, America, Africa and Asia. I did not find any familiar face. It was really great to meet different people- hailing from different culture. Everyone has unique dream. We had formal and informal meetings. We shared our dreams of taking up Spanish language. I felt quite at ease with the group. Perhaps that is one of the great things of being Jesuit- we are all friends in the Lord. All the Jesuit communities are like our own home and we are well accepted wherever you go.
I paid a quick visit to the Jesuit community. It is relatively a big community. It is a centre of Jesuit formation as well as infirmary. It is a place where Jesuits prepare themselves for the mission and also return to very place at the end of the mission. While we were visiting the senior Jesuits at the infirmary, our guide was pointing to us some of the great works these Jesuits have done in the life time.
At end of the day when I returned to my room to sleep I noticed a photo of St Ignatius, hanging on the wall. Just below the photo it was written in Spanish, ‘todo por Jesús’ means everything for Jesus. How true it is in the life of many Jesuits- past and present!!!
I have come to Salamanca for the Spanish language course. We are 17 participants from Europe, America, Africa and Asia. I did not find any familiar face. It was really great to meet different people- hailing from different culture. Everyone has unique dream. We had formal and informal meetings. We shared our dreams of taking up Spanish language. I felt quite at ease with the group. Perhaps that is one of the great things of being Jesuit- we are all friends in the Lord. All the Jesuit communities are like our own home and we are well accepted wherever you go.
I paid a quick visit to the Jesuit community. It is relatively a big community. It is a centre of Jesuit formation as well as infirmary. It is a place where Jesuits prepare themselves for the mission and also return to very place at the end of the mission. While we were visiting the senior Jesuits at the infirmary, our guide was pointing to us some of the great works these Jesuits have done in the life time.
At end of the day when I returned to my room to sleep I noticed a photo of St Ignatius, hanging on the wall. Just below the photo it was written in Spanish, ‘todo por Jesús’ means everything for Jesus. How true it is in the life of many Jesuits- past and present!!!
