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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAGod 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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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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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Let 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.
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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