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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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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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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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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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