Shortly before his imprisonment for contempt of Congress, Bannon told Tucker Carlson that he viewed his time in prison as “serving my country” and that he planned to do “the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and various other spiritual exercises that are advocated by the Catholic Church.”
Mr. Bannon, 70, often turned to religion for solace in dark times. He wrote in a 2017 biography: Bannon: Always the Rebelthe former Donald Trump The advisor is St. Ignatius’ daily test Exercise helped him quit drinking in the late ’90s and saved his life.
In the book, Bannon explains, “I was able to calm myself down and have a practical program for each day, which is essentially a five-step program for recognizing God’s presence in your life, recognizing God’s presence at the end of the day as you look back on your day. And then reflect on the day with gratitude. Pay attention to how you felt about certain things. Each day, you pick what the main feature of that day was. Was it anger? Was it jealousy? It’s just a way of calming yourself down. Reading religious texts in a certain way. Basically, praying.”
He added to America magazine: “Every day, test For me, it has become a tool to live a more fulfilling and better life. Daily exercise helps me understand the mistakes of the previous day and prepares me for the next day.”
