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.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Spirituality: The Lily
According to an old belief, the first lily sprang from the repentant tears of Eve, as she left Paradise. Later, the flower became the symbol for Mary, symbolizing the purity and innocence of the new Eve, appearing traditionally in her hand or that of the angel Gabriel at the Annunciation. The flower became later associated with St. Joseph, whose staff was thought to have blossomed at his betrothal to the future Mother of God.
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