In those rarer visitings of brighter visions, which sometimes brought consolation, bidding him repose upon God's mercy, he recognized angels sent to lead him on the pathway of salvation.

God's hand appeared in these dealings; and he resolved to dedicate his body as well as his soul to God's service, respecting both as instruments of the divine will, and entertaining both in efficiency for the work required of them.
The experiences of Manresa proved eminently fruitful for the future method of Ignatius.

It was here that he began to regard self-discipline and self-examination as the needful prelude to a consecrated life.

It was here that he learned to condemn the ascetism of anchorites as pernicious or unprofitable to a militant Christian.

It was here that, while studying the manual of devotion written by Garcia de Cisneros, he laid foundations for those famous _Exercitia_, which became his instrument for rapidly passing neophytes through spiritual training similar to his own.