God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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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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Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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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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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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