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About this audiobook
This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St. Teresa and St. Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.The saint in his narrative always refers to himself in the third person, and this mode of speech has here been retained. Many persons who have neither the time, nor, perhaps, the inclination, to read larger works, will read, we trust, with pleasure and profit this autobiography. Ignatius, as he lay wounded in his brother's house, read the lives of the saints to while away the time. Touched by grace, he cried, "What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do." May this audiobook, in like manner, inspire its listeners with the desire of imitating St. Ignatius. This autobiography is a valuable key for the understanding of his Spiritual Exercises. It was kept in the archives for about 150 years.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length2 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byBrian Kelly
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 4, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
10 - Preface of the Writer
65 - Chapter V He is apprehended as a Spy—He is despised as a Fool—His Studies at Barcelona and Alcala
21- Chapter I - His Military Life; He is Wounded; His Cure;Spiritual Reading—The Apparition—The Gift of Chastity—His Longing for the Journey to Jerusalem and for a Holier Life
76 - Chapter VI The Prisons at Alcala and Salamanca
32 - Chapter II - Ignatius Leaves His Native Land; What he did at Montserrat and Manresa
87 - Chapter VII His Studies in Paris, and Other Incidents of his Life
43 - Chapter III Scruples—Heavenly Favors—Journey to Barcelona
98 - Chapter VIII His Journey into Spain and Italy—The Famous Apparition and his Life in the Same Place
54 - Chapter IV His Journey to Rome, Venice, Jerusalem, and the Holy Land
109 - Appendix: St. Ignatius and his Work for Education