Jesuit Spirituality: To Be a Contemplative in ActionAn EssayByAnthony J. Fejfar © Copyright 2006 by Anthony J. Fejfar Previously, following Aristotle, I have argued that intuitivecontemplation is the highest end of the human person. Intuitivecontemplation can of course involve the intuition of Being, An UnrestrictedAct of Understanding. I argue also, however, that intuitive contemplationmust be complemented by at least analytic action, that is, intuition integratesanalytic understanding to form intellectual activity. For me, the intellectand the Spirit are one. The intellectual life and the spiritual life are thesame.Ignatius of Loyola makes a similar argument. Ignatius argues thatcontemplation must be complemented with action based upon love. Thus,one utilizing Jesuit spirituality is to try an become a person who is a“contemplative in action.” The intellect moves the will to act. Whether love motivates one to act or the will motivates one to act, the result is thesame, contemplation finds its fulfillment in action which carries out the