To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThey 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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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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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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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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