And Jesus said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
Suddenly, your life is turned upside-down. Up until now, your life has been pretty wonderful until a cannonball crushes your leg.
You’ve endured three surgeries and a long recovery. While you have been lying in your bed for months staring at the ceiling and the stars, you have had plenty of time for reflection.
There is no Internet, television, movies or radio. Your only distractions are your friends, family, religious books and personal thoughts.
During nine months of convalescence, St. Ignatius underwent a major shift of consciousness. His master was no longer the King of Navarre, but rather the King of the Jews.
The more he contemplated the lives of Saints as he lay in his bed, the more he wanted to become like one of them. His goal was no longer to be a knight in shining armor, but he dreamed of imitating the life of Christ -- like the Saints.
These thoughts apparently accelerated his recovery and once he was well enough to get out of bed, he gathered a small group of people, including one brother and one sister, to accompany him on a journey.
Ignatius says good-bye to his life of luxury near Pamplona in the middle of the summer heat and heads towards Barcelona to embark on a boat headed towards Jerusalem. At least that was his plan.
The more we learn about the journey of St. Ignatius, the more I begin to comprehend how he must have felt...
Certainly, we have been traveling in luxury in comparison to him, but I was jumping out of my saddle, so to speak, as we ascended the mountains of Montserrat.
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