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 LOYOLALaugh and grow strong.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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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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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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