Finding God in All Things.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWe 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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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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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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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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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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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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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