We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAGod gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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