Outer Space Traditionally we have defined space as the " boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction." In the Spiritual Exercises* (Ignatius, 1992,47.1) of St. Ignatius of Loyola he tells the person making the SE they are to "imagine" the Gospel scene they are contemplating. The word used by St. Ignatius is "composicion," which literally means putting together. When we imagine space we are thinking of the objective reality of the spread of things over a three-dimensional space. Used in a different way later in the exercises we are asked to look at the "place" where we are in our spiritual exercises we are contemplating. The Church teaches (DeFide) "God is everywhere present in created space." We read in Ps. 139 "when I climb to the heavens you are there." In many ways the Holy Spirit, speaking to us thru the scriptures points out how God is present even from the fi...
