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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Finding God in All Things.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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