Pedro Arrupe


I'm a few days late with this, but Saturday was the anniversary of the birth of Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuits from 1965-83.

You can read a nice piece by James Martin here, including a link to a chapter of Martin's book My Life with the Saints that deals with Pedro Arrupe. (I highly recommend the book as one that will give you a new view on friendship with the saints. You can read what James Martin has to say and think about your own relationship with these friends of God.)

One of the famous quotes by Pedro Arrupe deals with love. I find it inspiring as I think about what motivates me in life.

Nothing is more practical than finding God,
that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
Fall in love,
stay in love,
and it will decide everything.

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