If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Finding God in All Things.
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We 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.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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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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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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