We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFor those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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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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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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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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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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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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