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 LOYOLAThe servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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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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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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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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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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