MAGIS quoted by Fr Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J.

"It is characteristic of the Ignatian charism to be always situated in a movement. Ignatius likes to express this by using comparatives: thus, he writes in the Constitutions (C52) that everything is to be decided in function of the greater praise and glory of God our Lord. Almost too well-known, and often insufficiently understood, is the adverb 'más' -- the 'magis' -- which makes us desire and choose only that which leads us 'more' to the end for which we are created (Sp. Ex.23). To maintain a spiritual momentum and and apostolic dynamism in the sense of the 'magis', Ignatius has written into this way to God a whole series of tensions which do not allow us to stop or to be satisfied with what has been achieved. Because of these tensions we are impelled to do more, or rather to let God do more, in us and with us..."

(Fr General Peter-Hans Kovenbach, S.J.

Rome, Curia, CIS 15 January 2007)