He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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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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If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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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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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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