Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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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 anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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