Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAReceive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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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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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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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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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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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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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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