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.
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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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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.
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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
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We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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