{"id":2875,"date":"2019-01-09T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:02","slug":"jan-9-pedro-arrupesj-one-of-my-heroes-and-mystic-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2019\/01\/09\/jan-9-pedro-arrupesj-one-of-my-heroes-and-mystic-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 9 Pedro Arrupe,\tsj – one of my heroes and mystic saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday January 9 –
\n“What you are in love with,
\nwhat seizes your imagination,
\nwill affect everything.”<\/p>\n

Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.
\n<\/strong>This man of great hope and playful humor served as the Jesuit Novice Director in Hiroshima, 1945, the day the atomic bomb fell upon that city. \u00a0As the scale of destruction began to be clear, he and the novices formed medical emergency teams (Arrupe had medical training before he became a Jesuit) and walked the city looking for people who were still alive. \u00a0They carried as many as could fit all over the floors their home to the Novitiate, and tended wounds: \u00a0Not many world leaders came so close to nuclear weapons in action as this man. \u00a0 \u201cAttention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post<\/p>\n

Nothing is more practical than finding God,
\nthat is, than falling in love in a\u00a0 \u00a0quite absolute, final way.
\nWhat you are in love with,\u00a0\u00a0 what seizes your imagination,
\nwill affect everything.
\nIt will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning,
\nwhat you will do with your evenings,
\nhow you spend your weekends,
\nwhat you read,\u00a0\u00a0 who you know,\u00a0\u00a0 what breaks your heart,
\nand what amazes you with\u00a0 \u00a0joy and gratitude.
\nFall in love;\u00a0 stay in love,
\nand it will decide everything.<\/p>\n

Attributed to Pedro Arrupe, sj <\/strong>while he was Superior General of the Society of Jesus. (1965-1981)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1907-1991
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedro_Arrupe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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