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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAAll 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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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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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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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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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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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