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If, 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.

Ignatius of Loyola

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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Alone God Heart Success Work
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Cost Count Generosity Price Teaching
God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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God Grace Holy Oneself
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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Creation Faith Gift God Myself Service World
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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Eyes God Heart Love Ourselves Thinking
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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Insult Life Load Man Treasure
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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Fear God Greatness Man Oneself
May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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Failure Forever Help Love Ourselves Perfection Protection
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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Enough God Grace Love Myself Return
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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Cost Count Generosity Service Teaching Yourself
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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Experience God Joy Life Possession Service
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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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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Faith Fear Happiness Smile Yourself
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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God Oneself Passion Victory War
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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Authority Believe Black Hold Myself Principle See
If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
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Attachment Heart Humble Obedience Occupation Place Yourself

If, 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.

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If, 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.

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