If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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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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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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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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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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