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The Spiritual Exercises

OF HOW CHRIST OUR LORD RETURNED FROM EGYPT · 44 of 91

The Spiritual Exercises

English, translated by Elder Mullan — The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, translated by Elder Mullan, 1914

St. Matthew writes in the second Chapter [19-23].

First Point. First: The Angel warns Joseph to return to Israel. “‘Arise and take the Child and His Mother and go to the land of Israel.’”

Second Point. Second: Rising, he came to the land of Israel.

Third Point. Third: Because Archelaus, son of Herod, was reigning in Judea, he withdrew into Nazareth.