What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAConsidering 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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Finding God in All Things.
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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 our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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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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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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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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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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