We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWe should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWhatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAReceive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWe must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALaugh and grow strong.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIdleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASo 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFor those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who is not getting better is getting worse.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATrue, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLADearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAA person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA