"POINT 3 I look at who I am, diminishing myself by means of comparisons: (i) What am I compared to all human beings? (ii) What are all human beings compared to all the angels and saints in Paradise? (iii) What can I alone be, as I look at what the whole of creation amounts to in comparison with God? (iv) I look upon all the corruption and foulness of my body, (v) I look at myself as though I were an ulcer or an abscess, the source of many sins and evils, and of great infection. sIt seems that Ignatius is wise here in that although he suggests comparing the self with others, he refrains from suggesting an individual mortal should compare their self with another individual mortal. It still runs the risk of allowing one to form an ego attachment to self-deprecation.
POINT 4 I consider who God is, against whom I have sinned, going through His attributes and contrasting them with their opposites in myself: His wisdom with my ignorance, His almighty power with my weakness, His justice with my injustice, His goodness with my malice."
Munitiz, Joseph; Ignatius Of Loyola,. Personal Writings (Penguin Classics) (p. 297). Penguin UK. Kindle Edition.
My function in the world is tiny and insignificant. Even so, I am responsible for that function. How can a person compare their self with the mystery that is God?
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