Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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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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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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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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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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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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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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Finding God in All Things.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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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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As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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