Imaginative Contemplation

The Annunciation

Ignatius of Loyola · 1491–1556

Heaven bends to a quiet room in Nazareth, and waits on a young woman's yes. Be present as the angel speaks, and listen for the word God is speaking to you.

St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (composition of place, §47; colloquium, §54). Scripture: Luke 1:26–38, World English Bible.