It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWe 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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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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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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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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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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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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