Imaginative Contemplation

The Father Runs to Meet You

Ignatius of Loyola · 1491–1556

A son who threw it all away turns toward home — and while he is still far off, the father runs. Walk that dusty road back, and let yourself be the one embraced, robed, and welcomed.

St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (composition of place, §47; colloquium, §54). Scripture: Luke 15:20–24, World English Bible.