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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATo have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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You 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.
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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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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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