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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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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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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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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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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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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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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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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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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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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