To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIdleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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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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We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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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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