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 LOYOLAHe who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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Laugh and grow strong.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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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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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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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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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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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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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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