Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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Finding God in All Things.
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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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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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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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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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