If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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