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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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 servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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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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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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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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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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