black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

Ignatius of Loyola

We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Gift God Imperfection Regard
No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Goodness Myself Purpose Service Understand Word
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Cost Count Generosity Price Teaching
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 LOYOLA

Fight Reward Save Seek Teaching Willing Wound
Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Death Faith Forever God Hope Live Ourselves
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Hard Love Obedience Oneself
Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Reason Sick Spiritual
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

God Harm Help Himself Myself
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Insult Life Load Man Treasure
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Deserve Discipline God Judgement Ourselves True
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Modesty Peace Sufficient Yourself
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Earth Gift Gratitude Heaven
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Care Guilty Hungry Oppression Ourselves Poor
Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Blessing Creation God Life Love Sincerity True
Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

Acceptance Imperfection Self Love Yourself
Finding God in All Things.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

God One Liner

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes