Here is the Martyrologium Romanum entry for this great saint and founder of the Society of Jesus. (To the right is my photo of the statue of St. Ignatius atop the colonade of St. Peter’s Square in Rome).
Memoria sancti Ignatii de Loyola, presbyteri, qui, hispanus in Cantabria natus, in aula regia et militia vitam egit, donec, post grave vulnus acceptum ad Deum conversus, Lutetiae Parisiorum studia theologica complevit et primos socios sibi ascivit, quos postea in Societatem Iesu Romae constituit, ubi ipse fructuosum exercuit ministerium et in operis conscribendis et in discipulis instituendis, ad maiorem Dei gloriam.
This morning Holy Mass was celebrated in the presence of a 1st class relic of the saint.
Here is the spiffy Collect from 1962 edition of the Missale Romanum:
COLLECT (1962MR)
Deus, qui ad maiorem tui nominis gloriam propagandam,
novo per beatum Ignatium subsidio militantem Ecclesiam roborasti:
concede; ut, eius auxilio et imitatione certantes in terris,
coronari cum ipso mereamur in caelis.
LITERAL VERSION
O God, who strengthened the Church militant with a new reinforcement through blessed Ignatius,
in order to spread widely the greater glory of Your Name,
grant that we, who are contending on earth by his help and example,
may deserve to be crowned with him in heaven.
The Novus Ordo Collect for Ignatius was weenied-down, I think:
COLLECT (2002MR)
Deus, qui ad maiorem tui nominis gloriam propagandam
beatum Ignatium in Ecclesia tua suscitasti,
concede, ut, eius auxilio et imitatione certantes in terris,
coronari cum ipso meramur in caelis.
Notice anything missing??
Let’s have your perfect renderings of the prayers.
Here is a shot of the altar and tomb of the saint in the Church called the Gesù in the heart of Rome.
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The memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, a priest. He was born a Spaniard in Cantabria, He led his life in the royal court and the militia. Later, he was converted to God after taking a grave injury. He completed his theological studies at Paris and acquired his first companions, whom he established at Rome as the Society of Jesus. At Rome, he carried on a fruitful ministry, to the greater glory of God, both in training his followers and arranging their tasks.
Litteras latinas et graecas cum patribus et magistris SJ, in schola et universitate (nomine collegio) donec gradum baccalaureum earum litterarum perfeci. AMDG.
Salutationes omnibus.
Obiter dictum: Auctores verba “militantem Ecclesiam” omiserunt. Oremus ut Dominus eis vires et virtutes largiretur.
Salutationes.
The memorial of holy Ignatius of Loyola, priest, who, born a Hispanic in Cantabria, lived a courtly military life, until, after a grave wound accepted conversion to God, at the University of Paris completed theological study and formed his first companions, who afterwards constituted the Roman Society of Jesus, where his fruitfulness was in the exercise of his ministry and in his written works and in the establishment of his disciples, for the greater glory of God.
God, who to the propogation of the greater glory of your name,
awakened blessed Ignatius in your Church,
grant, that, by his help and by striving to imitate him on earth,
we merit to be crowned with him in heaven.
How about:
“O God, who through blessed Ignatius didst strengthen the Church militant with new vigour to the greater glory of Thy Name; by his help and good example, grant us who struggle here on earth, worthily to be crowned with him in heaven.”
(I originally wrote “deserve a crown” but it sounded too mercenary – those who remember the old, pre-decimal, money will know what I mean..!)
The Gesu is a strange Church. As to Jesuit Churches, I prefer Sant’Ignazio and the amazing Andrea Pozzo Tromp l’oeil http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/sanIgnazioRome/pozzoVaultIgnazio.jpg
but–De gustibus non est disputandum.
Happy St. Ignatius Day.
O God, who raised blessed Ignatius in your church for the propogating of the greater glory of your Name, grant that we striving/struggling on earth, by his aid and example may merit to be crowned with him in Heaven.
I notice that this new one leaves out reference to the Churhc Militant, who is us, and which is most appropriate for this saint who was a soldier and whose order is modeled on the military organization of that day.
I especially found it pleasing that all these manage to work in the Society’s motto.
AMDG
God, who to the greater of your name’s glory propagation
by a new, through blessed Ignatius, safeguard, the militant Church have strengthened:
concede; that, by his assistance and imitation fighting in this world,
to be coronated with him we may deserve in the heavens.
Wait! What kind of English is that? Oh yes, I forgot:
Ex alia in aliam linguam expressa ad verbum translatio, sensum operit; et veluti laeto gramine, sata strangulat. Dum enim casibus et figuris servit oratio, quod brevi poterat indicare sermone, longo ambitu circumacta vix explicat. Quod si cui non videtur linguae gratiam in interpretatione mutari, Homerum ad verbum exprimat in Latinum. Plus aliquid dicam: eundem sua in lingua prosae verbis interpretetur: videbis ordinem ridiculum, et Poetam eloquentissimum vix loquentem.” Hieronymus ad Pammachium “de optimo genere interpretandi”.
When we were in Rome last month, that’s more of the Gesù than we got to see; we went into the Gesù about an hour before the next scheduled Mass, only to find one (not on the schedule, I checked) already well underway, so we ended up at Mass at Sant’Ignazio instead.
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My memory of the ceiling of Sant’Ignazio, Supertradmom, is slightly different.
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They have it, Manuel, but subtly.
Here is a little something I blogged for St. Ignatius’ feast day (by a surprise author!)
http://subcreators.com/blog/2010/07/31/for-the-feast-of-st-ignatius-of-loyola/
I am pleased to report an excellent Mass on the Feast of St. Ignatius at Gesu (in Miami). WONDERFUL. No bongos, no kumbaya, no “baby-food” homily. Lots of Latin, a veritable nimbus of incense…all the bells, yells and smells.
The homily, in particular, was spectacular and forthrightly-but-charitably took dead aim at the issues bedeviling (ahem) the Church. Those whose thinking runs in the Commonweal/NCR side of things probably did not enjoy the homily.
(I must live in the Jesuit equivalent of West Berlin.)
Oh, if only we could have incredibly beautiful churches like this in our country! Or should I say, where I happen to live. The churches here are less than attractive and foster no awe of God.
It’s only fair to point out, lucy, that beautiful churches don’t guarantee orthodox thinking. I know of one where I used to be a parishioner that is modeled on Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, and which is dedicated to the saint under the altar in that church and after your own patroness (St. Lucy, that is), but Mass was always being pushed over the boundaries into never-never-do-that land.
Then again, there would always be a fair amount of Latin used, at least from time to time. It is an awe-inducing place; about 9 years ago before I left (moving to another state), I put together a complete set of pictures of the stained glass windows. Someone else was going to write up descriptions of them, but I don’t think it ever happened.