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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.

Ignatius of Loyola

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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Modesty Peace Sufficient Yourself
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Deserve Love Myself Suffering True
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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Affection Conquer Decision Exercise Influence Spiritual
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Generosity God Grace Ourselves Willing
It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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Divine Feed Fire Inspirational Love Religious Tree
To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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Effort Enough Life Prevent Reward Sin Time
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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Care Guilty Hungry Oppression Ourselves Poor
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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God Himself Saint Suffering
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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Death Faith Forever God Hope Live Ourselves
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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Believe Evidence Necessary Sufficient
A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Afraid Experience Poverty Religious
God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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God Grace Holy Oneself
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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Creation Faith Gift God Myself Service World
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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Devotion Difficult God Love Ourselves
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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God Oneself Passion Victory War
Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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Action Love Word Work
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Earth Gift Gratitude Heaven
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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Body Disgust Horrible Myself Poison Ugly
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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Death God Growth Myself Offend Service
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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Bone Pain Safety Sick Suffering
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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God Judgement Mindset Mom Obedience Ourselves
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Cost Count Generosity Price Teaching
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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Greatness Himself Man Victory Win
If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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Believe Goodness Lose Willing Yourself
If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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Attachment Heart Humble Obedience Occupation Place Yourself
They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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Insult Life Load Man Treasure
Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Deep God Happiness Sin Trust Willing

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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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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