Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLADiscouragement is not from God.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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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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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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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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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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