So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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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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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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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.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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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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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.
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