If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATo have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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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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