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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATrue, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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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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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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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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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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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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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 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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