If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATeach us to give and not to count the cost.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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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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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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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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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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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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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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