The Spiritual Exercises

of

St. Ignatius of Loyola

translated from

The Autograph

by

Father Elder Mullan, S.J.

I. H. S.

New York

P. J. Kenedy & Sons

printers to the holy apostolic see

Facultatem concedimus ut liber cui titulus “The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola translated from the Autograph by Father Elder Mullan, S. J.,” typis edatur, si iis ad quos spectat ita videbitur.

Franciscus Xav. Wernz

Praepositus Generalis Societatis Jesu.

Nihil Obstat

Remigius Lafort, S.T.D.,

Censor

Imprimatur

John Cardinal Farley,

Archiepiscopus Neo-Eboracensis,

Neo-Eboraci

Die 25 Aprilis, 1914.

Imprimatur

Fr. Albert Lepidi, O.P.,

Mag. Sac. Pal.

Imprimatur

Joseph Ceppetelli,

Patriarcha Constantinop.

Vicesgerens

copyright, 1914

by p. j. kenedy & sons

Approbation of the Latin Texts

The Exercises were offered for ecclesiastical censure at Rome. The text submitted was not, however, the one which is here reproduced, but two Latin translations, one in more polished Latin—since called the Vulgate Version—and one a literal rendering. The opinions expressed on these versions, as also the formal approval of Paul III, are given here, as applying quite entirely to the text from which the translations were made.

vulgate version

We have read everything compiled in the volume: it has greatly pleased us and seemed remarkably conducive to the salvation of souls.

The Cardinal of Burgos

We grant leave to print the work; it is worthy of all praise and very profitable to the Christian profession.

Philip, Vicar.

Such holy Exercises cannot but afford the greatest profit to any one who studies them. They should therefore be received with open arms.

Fr. Aegidius Foscararius,

Master of the Sacred Palace

literal version

We have read these Spiritual Exercises. They greatly please us and we judge them worthy of being received and highly esteemed by all who practise the orthodox faith.

The Cardinal of Burgos

We grant leave to print this work; it is worthy of all praise and very profitable to the Christian profession.

Philip, Vicar

As the Christian religion cannot long subsist without some spiritual exercises and meditations—for the Psalmist says: In my meditation a fire flames out—I think none more appropriate than these, which undoubtedly have had their source in the study of the Scriptures and in long experience.

Fr. Aegidius Foscararius,

Master of the Sacred Palace

Paul III, Pope

for a perpetual remembrance

The cares of the pastoral charge of the whole flock of Christ entrusted to Us and Our devotion to the glory and praise of God impel Us to embrace what helps the salvation of souls and their spiritual profit, and cause Us to hearken to those who petition Us for what can foster and nourish piety in the faithful.

So Our beloved son, Francis de Borgia, Duke of Gandia, has lately brought it to Our notice that Our beloved son Ignatius de Loyola, General of the Society of Jesus, erected by Us in Our beloved City and confirmed by Our Apostolic authority, has compiled certain instructions, ...