Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAYou have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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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.
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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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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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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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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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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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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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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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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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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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