{"id":5166,"date":"2016-10-16T12:04:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc36.test\/it\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2017-09-07T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T14:11:32","slug":"imprimi-il-tuo-nome-nei-nostri-cuori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc36.test\/it\/imprimi-il-tuo-nome-nei-nostri-cuori\/","title":{"rendered":"Imprimi il tuo nome nei nostri cuori"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch. Traditional\u00a0iconography depicts him holding a heart, which is inscribed with the golden\u00a0letters \u201cIHS.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u00f1igo got to know the martyr bishop during his convalescence in Loyola while\u00a0reading the lives of the Saints. One legend about this bishop that I\u00f1igo was\u00a0bound to have come across would have been when Ignatius of Antioch was\u00a0being tortured and his torturers asked him \u201cWhy do you constantly repeat\u00a0the name of Jesus?\u201d Ignatius answered:\u00a0\u201cI have this name written on my heart\u00a0and therefore cannot stop invoking it.\u201d\u00a0After his death, the torturers tore out\u00a0his heart to see whether this was true and lo and behold, they found the three\u00a0golden letters on his heart. This miracle apparently brought many pagans to\u00a0faith in Christ.<\/p>\n

Pedro Ribadeneira recounts of Ignatius of Loyola:\u00a0\u201cHe carried a great flame of\u00a0love for the name of Jesus in his heart, after the manner of the glorified martyr\u00a0bishop Ignatius of Antioch, whom our Father desired to follow more in deeds\u00a0than in name.\u201d<\/p>\n

The change of the name from I\u00f1igo to Ignatius during his time in Paris was not\u00a0only the Latinization of his name, but also a symbol, that he wanted to follow the\u00a0example of this saint. Hugo Rahner SJ<\/p>\n

Francis Borgia wrote 1564 on the feast of Ignatius of Antioch:\u00a0\u201cToday, after\u00a0celebrating the Holy sacrifice, I asked that the sign IHS will be imprinted on my\u00a0heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Father General Arturo said after his election:\u00a0\u201cWe are the Society of Jesus \u2013\u00a0with the emphasis on Jesus…\u201d Vatican Radio<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eternal Father, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus\u00a0to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love
\nof him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives\u00a0and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.<\/p>\n

Amen<\/p>\n

You can download the full prayer here<\/a><\/p>\n