What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLARemember 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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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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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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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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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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