Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHPray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHChristianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHOnly let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHYour accord and harmonious love is a hymn to Jesus Christ in perfect harmony, and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and in one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHDo not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHTherefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHLet us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHHe who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHMay nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHI would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHI am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHIt is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHWhere the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHDo everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God – as He actually is.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHJesus was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.
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