God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAGod inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAOccupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLARemember 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAGod will not be outdone in generosity.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWe 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAReceive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALove ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFor those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAYou 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASpiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALaugh and grow strong.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA