Laugh and grow strong.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAAs 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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Teach us 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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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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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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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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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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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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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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