While this may not be precisely what Ignatius intends by “suitable penance,” I believe it is very much the dynamic he intends: in time of spiritual desolation, rather than flee into diversion and gratification, we stand our ground with suitable gestures of penitential courage. I have come to believe, too, that no such gesture is too small. Experience will teach us which gestures are suitable for us, and it will teach us their power as well.
Suitable Penance could just be doing the things that we are supposed to do
