If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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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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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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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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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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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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