SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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