No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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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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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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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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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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 has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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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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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His 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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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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