Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAConsidering 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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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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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at 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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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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