In the year 1553, one Friday morning, August 4, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of the Snows, while Ignatius was in the garden, I began to give him an account of my soul, and, among other things, I spoke to him of how I was tempted by vain glory. The spiritual advice he gave me was this: “Refer everything that you do to God; strive to offer Him all the good you find in yourself, acknowledgin…