![]() ![]() There’s a grand stained glass window that depicts him at Madonna Della Strada Chapel on the campus of Loyola University Chicago, where I’m currently missioned to study. Rarely do images of Peter Canisius himself, whose feast the Society of Jesus celebrates on this day, similarly succeed in capturing the breadth of his personality or the depth of his charism as a Jesuit. ![]() To take even the briefest glance at this remarkable page powerfully conveys a great deal about the personality of Peter Canisius-his intellect, his precision, his enormous theological capability, his zeal, his devotion, and perhaps most of all, his profound love for the person of Jesus. It was intended to serve as a prologue for one of his many volumes, in this case, a theological dictionary that he ultimately never finished. Peter Canisius carefully pulled from the scriptures and copied down by hand. So begins a long list of nearly one hundred titles and praises of Jesus Christ that St. Iesus Christus, α et ω, principium et finis, filius Dei et hominis, Salvator mundi, Rex coeli et terrae, primogenitus omnis creaturae, Dominus dominantium… ![]()
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