May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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