Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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Finding God in All Things.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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.
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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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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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