What God considers sacred won’t be pigeonholed. As human beings, we find it difficult to recognize the holy as God does. Nothing is outside the realm of sanctity, for the world is infused with God’s presence. God has trouble understanding the distinction we make between the sacred and what we believe to be the profane. But that’s what human beings do: we confine the divine. Ignatius of Loyola invites us to find God in all things. And he means all things. He is right in saying this, for the world is steeped in God. Grace indeed is everywhere. Ignatius discouraged his Jesuits from meditating on
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