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Is this the end you were looking for?

It is the end that I deserve!

Legend holds, that the sword used by the knight of the morning star...

... forged on the second full moon in December,...

... the year he was born.

The strength came from the 5,000 blows it suffered.

A triumph of fire,...

... a baptism of water.

Thus a weapon arose of magnificent purity and strength.

A sword fit for a king!

But first it had to find its master!

IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA - FIGHTERS, SINNERS, SAINTS

CASTLE OF LOYOLA 1496

Iñigo!

Stay close.

Don Beltram, may I have a word?

I had hoped to present thiis to you at a happier time.

It was forged in honor of your fallen heroes.

Juan was a good son the best one could have ever had.

Thank you Señor,...

... for always standing by in difficult times.

Little Iñigo is ready to return to his family in Torre de Loyola.

As soon as you wish!

Let's talk about it another time. Thank you, old friend.

- Where is he going? - Maria!

Give him a moment.

After all this time he still didn't know, he will not be back?

One day Don Beltram will accept...

... that the boy is not to blame for the death of his mother.

Until then, leave him to grieve his beloved wife ...

... and now for his firstborn son.

Another go, my knight?

we are done for now.

very well.

next week when we meet again.

If you are still around by then...

What do you know?

We women know everything, Captain!

Twice in one week, cousin?

are you actually chastising me?

I'm just saying you need variety!

That one's good, she's not that good!

She reminds me of someone.

What news from Castile, Xanti?

It looks like our young king is learning how to be a king.

after he executed those three rebel leaders last week.

Now the Comuneros have started surrendering.

And the queen?

She is still being held by the rebels. along with the princess

Enemies! Everywhere!

And we're stuck with a commander who keeps making us to march in drills.

While the South rebels, the North is unprotected,...

... and the cursed French know it!

It is only a matter of time before they attack.

We shall know soon enough. our spy returns from Biarno tomorrow.

What is the troops they are sending ? 2 - 3,000 men at our doorstep by the week's end?

You sound almost excited to see them.

We are soldiers Xanti, not guards!

For three years, we've done nothing but except throwing drunks in jails.

We were meant for more than this!

And, to prove that, you are willing to die?

How would you like your death to be?

Peaceful! I would like to die in my sleep.

In the arms of my beautiful wife.

If I ever find one...

And you? How would you want to die?

In battle!

And before I take my final breath,...

... I wish to look my brother in the eye and say:

".. see? I too am a Loyola! "

Martin will never let you have the last word.

Never!

You think too much Iñigo.

Drink more, think less!

Above all, a knight needs three things:

A God to serve...

... a king to obey...

... and a lady to protect from all who would harm her.

CASTLE OF VALLADOLID 1518

At any hour, day and night, he must be ready!

you may be good assassin,...

... but I am better!

Did I not you tell?

Death come to all who dare threaten my lady, the Princess Catalina!

Who threatens me?

Who are you talking to?

Nobody is here, Your Highness!

I was just practicing.

I beg your forgiveness!

Did I disturb your highness' slumber?

Not at all, I could not sleep,...

... so I decided to look for the library.

Unfortunately, your highness the library has been removed to make way to the new aviary.

That's a shame.

It falls to you to entertain me, sir...?

Iñigo de Loyola, Your Highness.

I am not a sir.

I'm just a humble soldier of the Duke of Najera.

and I fear, not a very good entertainer, Your Highness.

Iñigo, it's the middle of the night.

and there is nobody here to impress with your protocol!

So please, call me Catalina.

Very well, my Lady Catalina.

I heard you speaking to someone.

Just a figment of my imagination.

It is a technique my father taught me.

Always visualize your opponent as if he were flesh and blood before you.

It seems, your father is a fine swordsman.

Do you really use those elaborate movements in a battle?

It has often proved useful, Your Highness.

It's almost like you were dancing.

Half of what I know of sword-fighting , I learned from dancing.

You are a dancer?

I used to be a page in Arevalo.

It was in our training.

Perfect! Now I know how you can entertain me.

Now! Impresses me,...

... Iñigo de Loyola!

Forgive me, Your Highness.

That was not proper!

I forbid you to think that!

Yes, my Lady, but...

... I must insist.

I know.

Kneel, Loyola!

No-one will know about this.

No-one will remember.

Except you and me.

Tonight, I bind thee to myself as my knight,...

... to my hidden protector.

Now swear to guard my life and my honor...

... as long as you live!

I swear!

This is my last night at this castle.

I return to the Queen's castle at dawn.

If we ever meet again...

... promise me that you will think kindly of me, my knight.

Serve my kingdom well!

I would die for you!

For my sake, don't!

The commander was right.

You dress for the victory feast before the battle is won.

He misunderstands.

I dress for the casket.

Good morning, Commander.

Montes, you are early!

My nights are not as exciting as yours.

Enough!

Proceed.

As expected, the French commander Lord Asparros has entered here.

And has encountered very little resistance.

The people from Navarre support him.

Because Asparros wants to drive us out and put the the former King of Navarre back on the throne.

How many?

12,000, possibly more.

That's amazing!

He will not stop at taking Navarra.

With a force that large, he will march in Castile.

With a force, that large we have to let him go!

Sir!

The order is to defend Pamplona at all costs.

Iñigo, be sensible!

We have less than 300 men here!

Pamplona is lost, Loyola.

The city may be lost,...

... but our garrison will hold!

We have 18 cannons.

We can concentrate our the fire on their artillery.

Also cavalry! We shoot at the horses!

slow them down.

The French cannot proceed to Castile without taking us out.

- Maybe we can hold them off for two or three days? - Three days?

You would to sacrifice the lives of your men? For three days advantage?

Commander,...

... with all due respect!

How many kings lost their crown because the reinforcement arrive a day late?

We are at war.

There is a very real chance the state of the kingdom depends...

... that we buy some time for Castile.

Every time we can!

I say, we stand our ground.

I say we fight!

And if we die, and knowing that the French have tasted a Spanish blade in their face!

That much we owe our king.

They are early!

- Our troops? - The enemy!

will be at the gate by morning.

Your commands, sir?

Close the gates!

Tell the men to make their confession.

Tomorrow we seal our fate.

Latin blessing

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Busy day, father?

They need God most urgently when they are about to meet Him.

Captain Loyola, shall I hear your confession?

By the time we finish, the war would be over, Padre.

Bring all the ammunition out!

Spare nothing!

Make sure that powder stays dry!

You have signed our death warrant!

I think we did that, when we joined the army!

Do not pretend to be one of us!

When Navarra falls, your noble blood will buy you safe passage.

the French will not be as courteous to these men

Look at them!

Look!

Do you see any allusion for glory in their eyes?

No! They do this for their pay.

And the big chance of going home.

Well, today we teach them to fight for something better.

That's the problem with you!

In your head you are already a general.

So ready to sacrifice your troops.

But you're merely a Captain who cares about getting them out alive!

This is how the last battle of the brave knight came to pass.

My lord!

Take this to Loyola.

Are the soldiers ready?

Well.

Your right and your left.

To the weapons!

Hold!

Guns!

Fire!

It would not be a long battle.

How long can one acorn prevail, against the blows of a sledgehammer?

Into the breach!

Repel the bastards!

For the glory!

No! No! Iñigo, wake up!

Iñigo?

Iñigo, open your eyes, you bastard!

Latin blessing

No! No! He's not dying!

Do you hear me, fool?

Do you hear? You're staying with us!

I join my brothers.

- For glory. - Your brothers are in the ground, you stay here!

Now shut up and let the healer-man do his work!

As he lay dying, the knight's heart thanked Heaven...

... for this one last gift.

A warrior's death.

Get up!

Get up!

- first principle? - Breathe!

If your enemy is angry, but you are calm

Then you have already won!

Hey! Your stance is off!

Fix your footwork! No!

Never take your eyes leave your opponent.

Balance, Iñigo! Balance!

Every battle in the world is hinged upon who can stay on his feet.

again!

Do it better!

What did I tell you?

Remember, son! We are men from Loyola.

We don't look down.

Now get up!

- Where am I? - You're home!

- Sofia! Julen! - Take care of his leg.

My professional opinion? his leg will never heal properly again.

Unless we break it again and reset it.

We do what we can, but then it's up to God.

If the patient does not improve within three days,...

... he may be expected to die.

The rebels have surrendered and Castile's troops are on their way.

Maybe three more days!

When they arrive, we march to Pamplona.

You must?

We do it for Iñigo.

If he lives, I want him to know...

... that we crushed the cursed French!

If he doesn't,...

... at least we will have avenged his death.

Where am I?

You are home...

... and alive.

thanks be to God!

Drink this.

That's disgusting!

Be glad that you are still alive and can complain!

The doctors were not at all hopeful.

I had a dream about him.

He told me that I would live.

And on his feast day. somebody is watching over you!

What does it look like?

The doctors are sure that you will walk again Iñigo

Someday.

Nobody goes through cannon-fire unscathed.

What's that?!

Not unscathed Iñigo...

Be glad that you came back in better shape than your brother Juan.

Maybe.

But he came back as a hero!

a dead hero.

Drink your tonic.

why do you wear that uniform?

If you are not fit to be a soldier, you cannot defend me with that leg.

You are useless. Begone from my sight, damned cripple!

I knew it from the start

You are not worthy of that sword!

And of our name!

Are you alright, Iñigo?

Get me a surgeon!

Now!

Are you sure?

Hold him!

Doctors say it will be two months before you venture outside.

does that mean I stay in prison until then?

it will be hard...

... but you try to find things to flee your time.

Your servant brought this here.

Your may also find these interesting.

You found the books?

- 'The Adventures of Amadís'? - No, Iñigo I'm sorry.

But had Julen gone to every nobleman house, from here to Donostia.

He could not find it.

These here are the only books in the entire house.

'The life of Christ'?

'The Lives of the Saints'?

Hermana, brother Pedro would find these interesting!

He is the priest, not me!

I found that in the pocket of your uniform.

I thought to save it.

- It has been washed. - It had to be.

It was soaked in your blood!

Slowly, sir! Right foot, left foot.

OK! Sit down!

Don Martin!

Don Martin!

Sir, they are back!

- Long live Loyola! - It lives!

Come on!

- Yuri! - Here!

The wine to me!

- A really good wine, right? - Yes.

Now fill in, go!

- I'll be right back! - Gonzalo!

- Xanti. - Iñigo!

Brother! There you are!

Great news!

Victory, at last!

We teach those French bastards across the border!

All for you!

And left Asparros blind in one eye!

I say, that was your hit, Martin.

It only matters that Pamplona and Navarre are once again in Castile's hands!

The queen and princess are safe at last.

Just as you desired.

Is not it, cousin?

We did it.

Congratulations!

- Victory is ours! - Exactly!

Victory is ours!

- In Castile! - Castile!

Are you all right Iñigo?

That should have been my battle!

My victory!

Your were outnumbered, Iñigo.

Then it should have been my glorious death!

They should have let me at that war to die.

Perhaps you would be proud of me, right?

Come Iñigo, do not say that!

Of course we are proud of you.

I keep thinking:

Why was I born to such tedious times?

Everything has been done.

there are no more quests to be taken,...

... no more dragons to battle....or

...maidens to rescue.

Now all we have are petty family quarrels.

There's royal cousins fighting for a packet of Spanish muck.

The world is changing, Iñigo.

Maybe it's time for a new dream?

THE END

it has been 3 months since the knight was injured in battle.

And one thing is clear:

there is nothing more crushing to the spirit than the partnership of pain and boredom.

Of course he would dream of her!

His lady.

His sweet Catalina!

What would he give to be by her side? !

To serve her, to die for her!

These dreams, would always end with a painful truth.

That life with her was impossible!

Not with this leg!

Not with this fate!

These thoughts of all he had lost,...

... makes him descend, into anguish and despair.

Be like your brother...

The loss of your brother is your sin...

Shame! Shame! Shame!

You are not worthy to be a Loyola...

"The lives of the saints".

On these pages, immortalized are the lives of the holy ones of God.

These knights of Heaven whose hands have brought great deeds,...

... in the Name of the Almighty.

The knights of heaven?

To his surprise, our knight found himself enraptured by these tales.

marveling at the courage and noble deeds of the great saints.

FRANCIS OF ASSISI

It's one thing for a soldier to be brave...

... facing a foe with the sword in your hand.

It is quite another...

... to face hunger and humiliation,...

... with nothing but your faith the providence of an unseen God.

How is it, that you can do this, Francisco?

To give up your tremendous riches,... for a life

... begging for scraps,...

... from the very people you used to call your servants?

you ask the wrong question, friend!

'how' is not important.

It is only a 'why'....because

It is what my Lord has done.

What are the riches that I gave up...

... compared to the riches of Heaven?

Your faith in God is far greater than mine.

It is not my faith that is great,...

... but my God!

Could you not do the same?

These thoughts were different.

They did not turn his heart to dark.

Rather, they left him basking in a radiant lasting joy.

Here maybe, was where his true desires lay.

Could he do the same?

To trust, as they did, in God

... to swear allegiance to the Greatest King of all?

That night, he made a decision.

That night, he found his dream.

- What ?! - a pilgrim.

He wants to go to Jerusalem,...

... and beg his way there.

Like the holy pilgrims of old.

But he's a Loyola!

We cannot allow that.

What will people say?

Well, never mind.

I will take care of this the way we always have.

Between brothers.

Here we are!

Just like old times.

little by little, dirtier than before.

What are you talking about? This is perfect! We're together again!

Mesonero! Mesonero!

- Wine and buttocks! Immediately, my lord.

Carmen, you look beautiful tonight.

- It has been so long - We missed your handsome face!

Where have you been?

- He's been to war. - Me too!

- Were you injured? - Oh yes

But nothing that a good rub of hip exercises could not loosen up.

He is in dire need of medical attention!

- Anna is a very good nurse. - Yes!

Let us not waste more time. In the back room with him! - Okay.

- Let's go. - Off to the back room!

Please! Please!

I do not wish to.

Are you alright, my lord?

Please! Please!! let us sit and be quiet.

Alright?

When my brothers finish. Then we can leave.

I'll pay you the same.

As you wish, my lord.

have you been doing this long?

Long enough.

you were my third customer back in the day my lord, if you remember.

Do they treat you well here?

Better than at home. I can't complain.

At home?

My father was a drunkard, my mother a slut.

They beat me, both of them.

I have forgotten most of it.

I'm sorry about that.

It must have been hard. - It got better, after my father died.

I moved here I had nothing on my feet.

Now I have a bit of money. I saved

I make dresses.

- You made this dress? - Yes.

- It's beautiful. - Thank you.

One day I go off.

and become a seamstress.

something... respectful.

It is my dream.

Why not now?

Why not now?

Yes?

Yes? Why not now?

Are you all right? - Yes, yes, my Lord.

Sorry!

Don't be sorry.

You are the first person I have spoken to in long time...

... that does not want me to get naked...

... and then leave.

I do not know if I can leave this life.

When look into a mirror, All I see is a whore.

What is your name?

Anna.

Anna?

Did you know that the Blessed Virgin's mother was named 'Anna'?

I know the stories.

Then you must know that some of the Lord's friends were prostitutes?

Could you try something for me?

Yes my Lord.

Could you see, and imagine Jesus sitting in that chair?

In that chair, right there? - Yes.

Can you imagine it?

Just try!

Take your time!

He's looking at me.

And He's smiling.

A very kind smile.

He's looking at me like He's been do it all my life.

And what does He say to you?

That He understands me.

That...

... He loves me.

That He does not care where I've been.

Just cares where am I going.

Does that make you happy?

Yes! Yes!

OK, OK, I'm ok ! I'm perfect!

It looks like tonight has been good for you, brother.

More than you know.

There is nothing more to learn here in Loyola.

My began my life in this castle.

I almost died here.

Tonight, I realized that my reprieve, from death, has a condition:

I must leave this place.

Forever!

Return to Najera?

I know what you will do.

Then give me your blessing...

... and wish me well!

You are needed here, Iñigo.

Seriously, brother!

What good am I doing here?

I am a damned cripple!

I shall never be presentable at court again.

And my soldiers?

They would sooner follow a cross-eyed donkey into battle,...

... than this hobbling fool.

Iñigo...

I was willing to give my life, in service of our king.

I almost did.

And now, 40 days after I almost been killed...

... Pamplona has been returned to Castile, as if nothing had happened!

All my sacrifices, brother, for what?

Nobody's asking you to be a hero.

We are asking you to stay.

Help run the castle.

Make sure matters are attended to.

So, you want me to be a clerk? A secretary?

O brother, you're giving me too much honor!

What do you see?

Our coat of arms.

What do you see?

Seven red bars on a gold field.

And two rampant gray wolves planted near a cooking pot.

The red bars, as you know,...

... were granted by the king.

To honor the bravery of the seven brothers.

Oñaz, your fore-bearers!

- The wolves and the pot... - Stand for the generosity of the Loyola family.

After the man has eaten, there is even enough for the wolves. I know!

That is what we tell the world.

Do you know what it actually means?

It is a warning.

to all descendants of the house Loyola.

Iñigo...

... not all men are noble.

Most only to the hand that feeds them.

Without the pot, the wolves would devour us whole.

Our family needs you. of that alone, I am certain.

The pilgrim knight.

A new life.

A new quest.

I thought I would feel much sorrow,...

... at leaving my old self behind.

But I only regret that I did not start out sooner.

He will be back!

My uncle Antonio was the same.

After he was hit by an arrow in Italy...

... he started on a holy quest to a mountain in Portugal.

five days later he was back at our threshold.

Iñigo has always been incredibly stubborn.

Hey! He will be back!

Keep an eye on him for me, then.

I will make it worth your while.

500 Reales,...

... if you bring him back before the month is out.

The ancient shrine of the our Lady of Montserrat.

When a knight is first sworn to the service of his lord...

... he must undergo the pledging of arms.

three days, he stays there.

He spends listing down his sins.

looking through every nook and cranny in his life.

for even the smallest stain.

Then he makes his vigil, before his Lady,...

... the Queen of Heaven.

and vows fidelity to her and to the Lord God.

Forever!

Finally, he dons his magnificent new armor.

He emerges from the darkness,...

... into the world that needs him.

A warrior, on the side of the angels.

A knight of Heaven itself!

You've got bread?

No, I deeply apologize, friend. I do not.

What good are you?

Wait!

Take this.

- That keeps you warm. - What's this?

Cloths Sell them for food!

Anything you wish.

And take this as well.

Thank you!

Don Iñigo de Loyola?

Perhaps.

You better come with me, my lord.

You thief!

Hermano? Hermano?

Water! Please get water!

Water! We found hem wearing the clothes he stole from you.

He did not steal them!

I gave them to him freely!

And who told you these were my clothes?

I did.

Xanti?

You are here to bring me back to Loyola.

I am merely offering you a ride.

Your bare feet are not used to this cobblestone.

You already know what my answer is.

I beg you, Iñigo!

Iñigo, please!

At least take this. For your journey.

Find him a doctor!

Tell Martin I'm dead.

I'm begging you!

From then on, the pilgrim kept to the side-roads and small towns.

He could not risk his kinsmen finding him again.

He had made a vow.

And he would fulfill him!

He set out to live as San Francis of Assisi and San Dominico did.

to own nothing.

To beg for sustenance.

When he first sat down to beg,...

... he felt like a fraud.

a pretender.

Good day. A small gift? Sorry?

A gentle gift? Sorry?

An alms?

Sorry? An alms?

Thank you!

A gift? Thank you!

But when his last money was gone and his hunger grew,...

... his needs became real.

And this became my real skin.

The skin of a beggar.

I caught one of my servants taking food out of my hold,...

... just to give it to you.

Because of something you said to him.

I deeply apologize! - No need.

He is my most obnoxious servant.

It was good that he did something selfless.

Even if it involved petty crime.

Do you always do this?

Beg all day,...

... and then give food ot the patients at night?

It is a compulsion.

These patients are helpless.

I can go out and beg, so I'm begging for them.

They call me Doña Ines de Pascual.

What is your name?

Iñigo.

Iñigo?

Like the first king of Pamplona?

I would say I am the cripple of Pamplona.

My Lady!

Very well, Mr. Iñigo, Cripple of Pamplona.

You are not the first soldier who tried to change his life here.

And are you the first nobleman.

Do not deny it!

I can smell noble blood a league away.

But I do something special in what you are doing

And how you do it.

So, for however long you wish to pursue this life of poverty,...

... asking and begging, and doing good deeds,...

... you are always welcome at my table.

And my entire means are at your disposal!

You are sent by God, Doña Ines.

I know!

Wait! I'll help you!

My life in Manresa found its own rhythm.

Take!

By day, we would bring bread to the needy.

At times we would tend to the lonely patients in the hospital.

It was tiring work.

But we persisted.

At night I would retreat to a cave by the river in Cardoner.

When I work to pay off my debt to Christ.

Suffice it to say: God took His time to teach me...

... like as if I were a child.

You are not blind.

You will soon hear the grace of My Son again.

Nearly 10 months after arriving in Manresa,...

... I left the cave a new man!

this, of course, God preparing me for what was to come.

In the name of His Holiness, the Pope,...

... this tribunal of the Holy Inquisition is formally convened.

At trial is the man known as Iñigo Lopez de Oñaz y Loyola.

Formally a soldier of the kingdom of Castile, now accused with the following grave charges:

Preaching, without authority.

Consorting with and seducing the women from Salamanca.

Holding clandestine occult meetings, in the middle of the night.

If the accused is sentenced, consigned to the fire...

... the shall be done at the month's end.

Judgment shall be rendered before then.

Did I bring this upon myself?

Should I have kept silent?

How are the our brothers, Calixto?

Caceres works hard.

FIVE DAYS PREVIOUSLY

Arteaga is too quiet.

Too quiet to be one of us.

I do not think he will last long.

Arteaga is following his brother Iñigo's rule:

Listen more, speak less.

I think he just misses his servants.

And the fine clothes that do not itch.

I admit it! Today I miss the clothes!

For instance, dear brother.

When you pray, what do you ask for?

I pray for the usual blessings.

A long life and prosperity for me and my family.

And why do you pray for this?

Because they are good.

Is it not right to ask good things from God?

Consider, brother, that great wealth has brought fear and misery to many.

They find that wealth now controls their whole life.

Consider that a long life can become miserable and lonely.

Yes but...

... what then should we pray for?

Perhaps, we should pray for indifference?

I do not mean cold-heartedness.

But an indifference to whether God sends you riches or poverty...

... good health or poor.

As long as your wealth poverty or length length of life...

...helps you with your mission.

what do you mean by mission, brother?

When you woke up this morning, were the things you planned to do?

I am a merchant, so...

... I thought of a new shipment of goods that should arrive today.

And a meeting with a new customer in the afternoon.

Then I remembered that my cousin insisted that I come listen to you!

A good list,...

... especially the last point.

If you imagine yourself, on your deathbed,...

... how would this day appear to you, then?

I think,...

... I might have chosen to visit my own mother before I go to the shop.

I might have spent a little more time with my son.

these new thoughts? How do the make you feel

They feel.. right!

Or,...how do I say it?

If I did not have to do anything else...

... These are the things I would choose.

if you did not have to do anything else..

What really do we have to do in this life?

We all worry so much about the worries of each day,...

... trying to meet the demands for the world around us...

... and in the end we look back and see an endless chain of very busy,...

... but meaningless days.

We are ships that sail alone for years but never get anywhere,...

... because we have no destination in mind.

No map to guide us

And the map I will give you is called.. living by the First Principle.

that God created us to be loved immensely by Him.

And, that we love Him in return.

If this is true, then the best possible use of our life...

... it to take what we have been given and use them to serve and glorify God.

All of the things in this world has been put for this purpose.

Riches, knowledge, skills,...

... dreams and desires.

Even your ailment and misfortune can bring you deeper into His love.

So,...

... each day,praying.. for the good things to happen to you.

Pray that you become closer to God.

yet every action you take be done for His Glory.

And then your life will be well lived.

Make sure she gets the food.

A fine sermon.

Forgive me, father.

It was just a conversation among friends.

A finer sermon than I've heard in years!

Even from my own lips, if am to be honest.

are you and your companions from any religious order?

No, we are just simple men.

I see. And the code of dress?

just a sign of our vocation.

And you are not afraid, you might mislead others into thinking...

... you would preach like ordained priests?

That's not our intention.

Capitan Loyola!

It is you, is it not?

Not anymore!

I see.

Trying on a new face.

Running away from an old one.

let me ask you:

If you could here the Voice of God, and you learned, how to hear it,...

... would you want to keep it secret?

How are you so sure that it is God Who speak to you, Iñigo?

I have written it all here.

It involves the period of time away from the world.

Been meditating on the life of our Lord.

picturing oneself in the events of His life,...

... or kneeling before the Throne of God.

Iñigo. I must ask! This method of.. mind-prayer,.. imagination,...

... it sounds very similar the methods of the Alumbrados, the Illuminati!

You are not one of them, are you?

The Alumbrados are not serious thinkers, father.

They are careless.

My method is thorough.

I would very much like to continue this conversation, Iñigo.

Perhaps you will come to dinner at the monastery where I am staying.

I am sure some of the Dominican scholars would also enjoy meeting you.

So you are a preacher?

What do you preach?

No, father. I am not a preacher.

I only have some formal conve... - Formal conversations, yes.

Sanchez here has told me that.

But I do not believe you!

And,at the very least, I cannot respect you.

If you want to preach, preach!

Christ speaks out to the lukewarm

So, let's call it 'preaching', then, shall we?

What do you preach?

Nothing you would consider strange, padre.

Virtues and vices.

how to love one and hate the... - It's simple method!

Even children know to love virtue and hate vice.

Why do you need to preach about this?

It is simple when a thing is clearly one or the other

But there are so many choices that are not so stark.

The choice to take a wife or become a priest, for instance.

- Brother Iñigo has developed a method of discernment... A method of prayer,...

... for discerning the Will of God.

By examining one's.... experiences and emotions,...

... and movements of one's soul.

This sort of endeavor seems very peculiar,...

... unnecessary, and possibly dangerous!

Holy Mother Church has done well for centuries.

Without need for such radical experimentation!

My method has saved lives.

Starting with my own!

Many a liar has said that.

I will say more.

But you will! I think you will!

If you really think this new method of yours is of that much value to the Church,...

... you will not object to a rigorous examination.

Correct? It is not yet so full, as such, to be ready for a review.

And yet it is ready to be exposed to simple Christian people...

... to expose their souls to possible error and damnation!

My method is sound.

But a master still refused!

I didn't say that it was your choice!

You should remain here in our custody until the tribunal arrives.

- Tribunal? - Inquisitor Frias is a friend of ours.

He will take good care of you!

Iñigo!

Iñigo!

Calixto?

What are you doing here?

I've turned myself in.

all of us did! - What?

We did not want you to suffer alone.

But... the people?

Who will take care of them?

They're gone, Iñigo.

You heard what happened to you.

They are all afraid.

After all our work!

And nobody remains!

It is easy to have faith when all is going well.

Christ had only one person return to thank Him.

You, at least, have three!

We will get through this, brother.

We are with you til the end.

Let us pray that this is not the end.

Father Sanchez!

Do you have anymore dinner invitations for me?

I apologize for what happened, Iñigo.

It was not my intention.

You did not have to come all this way for an apology!

A letter would have been enough.

You are a busy man!

I am assigned to be your defence before the tribunal.

Which means, .. it is your duty to make me confess?

I heard that the Inquisition now, has the power to confiscate a guilty person's property .

So, here, I offer it to you in advance!

My entire fortune!

Let us be serious, Iñigo.

Frias is a very harsh man!

He burned more suspected Alumbrados.....suspected

... than any tribunal all of Spain Perhaps all the church.

I have faced death before!

It does not scare me!

Your companions are not as courageous as you.

You know your sentence will be theirs as well!

If you do not wish save yourself, Perhaps you should think about saving them!

What is your plan?

We must do two things:

First, we have to present your work your writings what should we call them?

Spiritual exercises!

Very well, the spiritual exercises.

We have to present them, with proof they only come from Scripture and divine inspiration.

and second, we must get as many witnesses as we can...

... to testify to your good character.

I am Doña Ines Pascual.

My name is Agustin Crisostomo.

I am the doctor at the hospital in Manresa.

I am Jeronimo Ardevol, currently regent of the University of Barcelona.

I am Doctor Ciruelo.

I speak on behalf of 2 noble women.

A mother and a daughter.

Who were entrusted to my care.

I would Iñigo almost every day,...

... tending to the sick and feeding them gently.

One time, I saw him touching a man's wound with his finger

And then bringing that finger up to his own mouth.

Iñigo first came to me after returning from Jerusalem.

He was seeking to take up the formal education that he had foregone because of his military career.

It was strange to see a 33 year old man,...

... reading books made for 13-year-old boys.

He would spend seven, eight hours on his knees, denying himself sleep,...

.. in order to pray.

His severe penance, his fasting, his lack of sleep,...

... made him to become ill.

And we would have to nurse him back to health.

Of course I was shocked!

I asked him what he was doing!

He said that he felt a sudden disgust,...

... by the stench of the man's open wounds.

So he forced himself in that manner to be with that person's filth and stench

Now we are one and the same!

A stubborn man.

But, he is also very humble.

He bore the embarrassment well.

And did the work.

He believed very strongly that without an education he would be ill-equipped to influence his fellow men...

... and turn them towards the Light.

I found out, that they had started attending the secret meetings organized by this man Iñigo...

... with his followers.

He would never speak to any of the ladies alone.

But always in company.

They claimed to have visions.

Like that of Christ speaking to them from the Cross.

For a week they listened to the charlatan's preaching,...

... my 2 wards decided to go off on pilgrimage.

On foot!

A strange man,...

... with strange habits.

But I cannot deny his devotion

He wasa welcome person in my ward.

I know this man.

He is a good man!

Words should be his new weapon.

And he was determined to master them.

For this man speaks with voice of the devil!

For the sake of our women,...

... he must be silenced!

These gatherings...?

Your followers say you give them 'spiritual exercises'. What are these?

This is part from a simple idea.

Man was made to know God.

To give glory to God.

And reciprocate His immense love.

If this is our ultimate purpose,...

... then whatever brings us towards God,...

... causes inner joy and peace.

What I call 'consolation'

And whatever brings us away from God...

... causes anguish, pain and emptiness.

what I call 'desolation'.

you see, in spiritual exercises one can learn to be more sensitive to these movements of the soul.

And discern which come from God...

... and which ones are from the enemy.

But why do you need any other way of listening to God's Voice...

... Where His Word is already clearly written in the Bible?

The Commandments are very clear!

The exercises are not for the easy questions and the obvious answers.

It is a skill that one needs to practice, and always under the guidance of a spiritual mentor.

In time, one learns to be quiet,...

... to listen and to obey.

How many years have you applied yourself to formal studies signor Loyola

Two years of basic studies in Barcelona,...

... one year in Alcala, to now here. start in Salamanca.

And of those years, how many in theology?

- Less than a year. - Oh!

And yet now you are preaching a rather complex and detailed method of prayer?

The method comes from my own experiences of prayer and discernment.

It has helped many people find solace and direction.

I'm sure.

I think there is a simple explanation,...

... for all this strange and questionable happenings around the accused .

This man, is one of the Alumbrados!

Illuminati!

Blasphemers who think they are inspired directly by God!

Who say they say they hear His Voice.

And have surrendered their will confer completely to the Divine,...

... and therefore, of course, are incapable of sin.

anyone who knows me, Your Honor

... knows that I would be the last man to claim that I am incapable of sin!

But how else can an a man of limited education speak so fully about the motives of the spirit?

My lords, I actually gave all my writings about the exercises to you

If you see something them contradictory to doctrine,...

... I shall correct them right now!

If you see something contradictory to doctrine that is against the teaching.

For now, there is nothing in terms of doctrine that is wrong in the writing we've seen.

Or as you'd have been burned, already just you would have been burned of heresy.

This is a time that the Church is being tested.

Many heresies are abound

I believe we should leave these exercises for the scholars of the Church to study and approve first...

... before you are allowed to share them!

With all that is holy!

I beg you!

Do not ask me wait for decades for the proof of every theologians of Rome!

There is a war raging raging right now.

as real and as terrifying as you have seen is against any tyrant.

The people of God have been made blind they cannot hear,

they cannot feel themselves. are slipping into the abyss.

And that's why I wrote this.

This book, is a manual for war.

It makes clear where the battle lies and allows us to hear our Commander's Voice

No! I cannot stop teaching what I have learned!

We are the army of God!

And if I can win but one more soldier into the camp of my Lord...

...I am will to suffer this tribunal's punishment for it!

I will let God be the final judge of our souls.

Your companions tell me of a journal,...

... that you have kept daily since leaving Loyola.

You have submitted to us all your writings about the spiritual exercises,...

... except this journal.

Why?

Are they absent because they contain the erroneous and blasphemous origins of your exercises?

Certainly not!

Then why withhold them?

Let this tribunal see everything...

... so that holy Mother Church can judge it in its entirety!

You said so yourself yourself in this very book, sir

"A spirit, that works in light and openness, is good.

while a spirit enclosed in secrecy and deception is evil. "

Which spirit is working in you now, Brother Iñigo?

Very well.

I move that these proceeding be suspended and resumed tomorrow morning...

... to give time for this Alumbrado to reconsider

You were hiding this from me.

the Inquisition considers it a vital piece of evidence!

Where is this journal?

It will not help us.

You know what this council is capable of!

Do you really want to die?

Very well.

Tomorrow you seal your fate!

"My dear knight,...

... nobody knows about this.

No one will remember.

Just us.

I have been informed of the events in Salamanca,...

... by my friend, and your sister, Doña Magdalena.

I was sorry to hear of your injury in Pamplona.

But I am heartened to know you have take up a new life.

And that your heart is full.

I must tell you, that on the night we met in Valladolid,...

... I looked for the library,...

... for I meant to throw myself out of the window.

and end my misery.

the long years of imprisonment and ill treatment by my mother,...

... it was too much for my young soul to bear.

I wanted a swift end to it all.

But instead of death, I met a man, with passion and fire.

A knight in all but name,...

... who knelt before me and said...

... that it would be an honor to die for me.

At times, all it takes to save a life,...

... is for one person to clearly see what is precious in you.

You saved my life!

And will save many more,...

... as a knight of God!

You are His light, His fire.

Do not forget!

May our Lady, our Queen of Heaven,...

... keep you strong and be always with you...

... as I could never be.

yours always,...

... Catalina. "

Fast! Help! Fire!

Fast! Fast! Help... fire!

Right this way!

Go get it all! Come!

Stay in your cell! Come on!

Iñigo!

- Yes? - Everyone is escaping!

- Yes. - Everyone, except us!

Everyone, except us...

Good morning, father.

You are still here.

Of course.

The prisoners, they...

They are all gone. - so I heard.

You did not attempt to go with them?

How many escaped?

26

How many have been captured?

12

I had no plan be 13

And the missing journal?

I shall tell you where it is.

I have kept these pages far from Frias For a simple reason,

There is more than enough there to condemn me...

... if the Tribunal wishes,...

... that I am a madman.

I do not want people to doubt what I have taught them.

That the exercises that helped them now came with such a horrifying cost.

But I see now it is no longer up to me.

Either God will guide your mind...

... to see that my pain and my gift, are worthwhile...

... or He will us the tribunal to silence me.

Either way, I will obey.

Today: the whip and fasting.

And then again... the whip!

It is the only thing I can think of.

How much pain can place upon myself...

... in atonement for my grave sins?

Shame!

I worthless sinner!

I am ashamed before God,...

... that I ever betrayed His Holy and blameless Name.

How wretched I am!

Like a worm, or maggot,...

... in the Presence of the most beautiful Being in the world.

Go back with my sins!

Your journey begins, quite well...

... right, Iñigo?

Such fire in your belly?

No one is asking you to be a hero!

Such a twinkle in your eyes!

And your miserable efforts in the hospital!

How quaint.

The great saint.

A servant of God.

The born again Francis.

How the beggar must have blessed your name for your generosity!

How badly you wanted to fit the part in this grand place!

Your own Amadis de Gaula.

Our sternly knight, offering the bloodiest sword in the kingdom...

... to the most pure chaste Queen of Heaven.

Iñigo of Loyola, faithful soldier of Castile.

How many have you killed?

You will never be a hero.

Killer. You killed.

The darkness is waiting for you.

Not just your enemies,...

... but also your compatriots!

Your brother-soldiers, ...you betrayed

betrayed!

Do you see any allusion for glory in their eyes?

- You fool! - You're a coward...

Could you not have a chance to spare their lives?

You could have saved them!

But you... wanted... to die!

Behold thine own self! Behold your past!

Behold your nature, your destiny!

Are you strong enough to bear the 70 years of misery,...

... your God has prepared for you?

I see the darkness. She comes closer.

She surrounds me. What should I do?

I am too weak...

I am too weak. I can not see the light.

I am a creature of this world.

I am a sinner.

I can not take it anymore.

Where is the light after I search?

The light!

Kill me! So somebody kill me!

Only my death brings justice.

I do not have the strength to survive this...

Why did not I die on this wall?

I'm not enough. You will never honor my name.

I can not anymore! I am a coward!

Coward! On this wall...

There is no choice for someone like you!

The past cannot be erased.

And your future is already set!

You will die as a sinner, Iñigo.

Of that, you can be certain!

You will die, and you will burn!

What you do between now and the fire, it doesn't matter.

So why prolong the wait?

Iñigo! Spring! It's just a step...

That's why, it's better this way!

You cannot ever pursue to appease God's wrath.

Face it!

Head off, as a true knight would.

Find the light! Find the light in you. Go !

Do not listen to him, go into the light!

It is there. The light was always there.

He was always with you, He never left you.

Listen to the Light in you!

He always loved you. you have always been a child of the Light!

Rise! Rise! !

Remember, son! We are men of Loyola.

We do not look down.

Now,... Get up!

Rise! Rise! !

Get up, come on, step forward knight of the morning star.

Meet your destiny!

Knight of the morning star...

The morning star!

Lucifer!

You... wretched creature!

Now I know your voice!

Now I know your lies!

You cannot even promise me an hour of life.

I will not offend my Liege!

I will not take the life I have sworn to him.

Now, voice of the fallen one,...

... keep silent!

Begone!

I once asked a man to break my leg,...

... so that it would heal and be whole again.

For the same reason, I needed God to break my spirit.

Fortunately, God is a much better surgeon than man.

When one's released from a death sentence,...

... life, suddenly looks completely different.

We were both called that You know.

The creature that you defeated, and we,...

We were both called 'The Morning Star'.

But now you know the difference.

Now you know My Voice.

My Lord!

Get up, my friend.

I'm ashamed to stand before you, my Lord.

Why?

Because I am a sinner!

What does that mean to you?

I have offended Thee.

I harmed Thee.

Harmed Me? Why do you say so?

My detestable sins, my Lord!

When You were alive, my sins that nailed You to a Cross.

Do you think your sins have power over Me...

... if I do not allow it?

Gaze now at the world with new eyes!

And tell Me what you see.

I see all the things in the world You created.... for me.

All the things that have sustained me.

All those things that gave me strength.

All the trials, all the tears.

These have worked bring me...

... to You!

Remember, My soldier:

I loved you first!

Take, Lord! And receive my liberty,...

... my mind, my memory my entire will!

All I have, You have given me!

And this to Thee I return.

Do with them as You wish.

Grant me only, Your love, and Your Grace

That is enough for that I will live!

Your story is compelling, Loyola.

But your method is still too unfamiliar to be allowed without question.

I instilling plans to silence you.

Tell me why, you should not burn?

I once had a dream about these wolves and this pot.

It was wintertime.

An old wolf and a young wolf were starving.

And they came upon a castle.

A pot of food was lowered from the castle walls.

And they tried one by one to take the food inside the pot.

But, of course, it would swing from side to side.

It was only when 2 wolves work together, one standing opposite the other,...

... did they finally get to eat their fill.

We are a church of opposites:

With both... action and the thought.

Passion and humility.

Fire and water.

We are not enemies.... father Frias

We have the balance that glorifies God.

In Pamplona, the soldier Iñigo rallied his troops against impossible circumstances.

The castle wall had been breached,...

... enemy troops were massing toward them.

And he chose to leap forward into the breach,...

... in an attempt to repel. the invaders

Many would say this was an act of madness.

But a reasonable man would have surrendered and called 'inevitable'.

But this is not a reasonable man!

Or rather, he reasons from valor

From first principles his teachings are sound.

Unconventional, unfamiliar new, but sound.

Was St. Francisco not unconventional?

Was St Dominico not new?

Was Christ Himself not radical and thoroughly unfamiliar to the Sanhedrin?

My lords,...

... the walls of the Church have been breached.

We live in a time of reckoning.

When things done in the shadows shall be brought to light.

This man's only heresy is calling upon us... to be better than we are...

... we cannot condemn him for that.

The Church is always being broken,...

... but the Church is alive.

And to stay alive, we must learn to listen.

To people like him.

People willing to face the front line and lead the Church where it needs to go.

In Ezekiel, God said:

"The people of the land have oppressed the poor and the needy

And I sought for a man among them who would build up that wall

... and stand in the breaches before Me

... so that I should not destroy it. But I found none! "

That's what this man does.

He stands in the breach.

And he fights.

What is that?

The people have asked me for a special Mass for Brother Iñigo's sake.

It is incredible! I have never seen a Church so full.

The accused will rise!

Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola,...

... after having being examined thoroughly by this tribunal,...

... you are hereby meted out this judgment:

On the charge of heresy and blasphemy,...

... the Tribunal has searched for grievous errors in the exercises that you have propagated.

And has found none.

You are innocent!

However, on the charge of preaching without proper authority,...

... the tribunal withholds its judgment.

Opening instead to sternly forbid you and your companions from preaching to the public.

Except the children.

About only the basic and simple Divine truths of the Gospels.

The tribunal is adjourned.

Iñigo! Father Sanchez!

Thank you so much for your help!

it seems we have been spared from the stake.

But your work...

Technically, the sentence forbids you preaching anything at all.

I listen and obey.

Brother Iñigo!

Yes, your honor?

I would like to offer you some advice if you wish.

Of course, your honor!

The judgment of this tribunal holds only within the jurisdiction of Salamanca.

You may continue to do your work... in other places.

But i urge you to complete your studies,...

... so that no one will question your training anymore.

- But I... - But, it costs money to pursue studies.

and that is where I think I might be of silent assistance.

Take this letter to the headmaster of the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris.

He will tell you what the next steps to take will be.

Do not worry!

All will be well.

I am humbled, your honor.

But I don't think I deserve this.

Surely a more learned candidate... - We have enough scholars and poets!

Perhaps in this age what the church needs is the mind of a soldier.

We are called the "Church Militant", .... afterall

- Paris! - I implore you, to accept!

My first year at a university. At 33 years only!

"A prophet is never welcome in his hometown!"

Neither are crippled dreamers, I suppose.

The French gave me this limp, but this limp brought me to God.

Probably the French can do something with my head.

Iñigo!

Doña Ines sends these supplies.

And this letter of credit.

And I stand to remind you to eat!

Give her my sincerest thanks.

And my promise to obey her as I have in the past!

Calixto,...

... your last chance!

Do you really don't want to come?

My place is here.

We shall miss your love and your wisdom.

But there is lots to do here in Spain.

Come, brothers!

Come!

Let's pray for our friend.

May God grant you safe passage..

...in all your journeys ahead,...

May you find companions,...

... worthy of your dreams.

May your plans always be bold...

... and may your courage rise to meet them.

may you live to bring the love of God,...

... to all the corners of the earth,...

... to the most distant peripheries of His church.

May your passion always burn brightly!

That in God's time you may set the world on fire.

In 1540 Iñigo and his companions founded the Jesuit Order

Sworn to go wherever the Holy Father commands.

The Jesuits shaped history. As the vanguard of the church

The man known as Ignatius of Loyola was canonized a Saint in 1622

IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA