Since
happiness is nothing other than the enjoyment of the highest good and since the
highest good is above, we cannot be made happy unless we rise above ourselves,
not by an ascent of the body, but of the heart. But we cannot rise above
ourselves unless a higher power lifts us up.
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
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