This stained-glass window now in the home of St. Ignatius of Loyola depicts his fall in battle (mentioned yesterday). He was considered a hero, and was treated well by both his opponents in battle and his own men.

Today is the feast of St. Peter in Chains. St. Ignatius of Loyola writes this of his early days at Loyola recovering from his cannon wounds:

"The doctors gave up hope of his recovery, and he was advised to make his confession. Having received the Sacraments on the eve of the feasts of Saints Peter and Paul, toward evening the doctors said that if by the middle of the night there were no change for the better, he would surely die. He had great devotion to St. Peter, and it so happened by the goodness of God that in the middle of the night he began to grow better. His recovery was so rapid that in a few days he was out of danger."

~ from the Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 

dictated in the third person, finished in December, 1555.

This second stained-glass window in Loyola shows the death of St. Ignatius...showing the difference after his change of life. The standard under which he fights is shown in both windows. In the first, he is treated as a hero by men, and in the second, he is honored by angels!