Laugh and grow strong.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAStand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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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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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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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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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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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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.
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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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