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 LOYOLAIf, 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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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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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.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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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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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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