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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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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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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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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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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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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