A Sinner Yet Called by God

We are all knights marching in battle.

Sometimes we stand confidently on, trampling any obstacle on the way.
Sometimes however, we fall.
But it takes courage to rise again, even retreating for a while,
as long as the fight must continue to be fought
And cowardice to choose to retreat, forevermore.

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Saint Ignatius, help me to be a good knight. I may fall a lot of times, but help that by through your example I may always rise again until the day God lets His righteous ones rise before Him. Amen.

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credits:
"A Sinner Yet Called by God" from General Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, 33.
The Spiritual Journey of St. Ignatius Loyola: Wounded at Pamplona. During an extended convalescence, Ignatius turns mind and heart from a preoccupation with self-glory to a passion for the greater glory of God. Acrylic on wood panel with gold leaf, 44"x27"Artist: Dora Nikolova Bittau, Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University.
http://www.seattleu.edu/missionministry/jesuitidentity/Art/Chapel%20Art.htm.