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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

Ignatius of Loyola

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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God Himself Saint Suffering
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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Blessing Creation God Life Love Sincerity True
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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Believe Black Definition Myself
He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Carry Heart Heaven Himself
A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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Help Ideas Person Understand
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.
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Eyes God Heart Love Ourselves Thinking
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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Appearance Believe Black Decision White
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Earth Gift Gratitude Heaven
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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God Oneself Passion Victory War
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Deserve Love Myself Suffering True
Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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Action Love Word Work
So 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.
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God Love Myself Preparation Service Simplicity Soul Talk
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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God Harm Help Himself Myself
Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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Beat Move Root Stand
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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Death Faith Forever God Hope Live Ourselves
Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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Alive Feeling God Yourself

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