The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATeach 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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