It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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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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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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