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The Spiritual Exercises

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The Spiritual Exercises

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

St. Luke writes in the second Chapter [21].

First Point. First: They circumcised the Child Jesus.

Second Point. Second: “His Name was called Jesus, which was called by the Angel, before He was conceived in the womb.”

Third Point. Third: They gave back the Child to His Mother, who had compassion for the Blood which came from her Son.