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 LOYOLAMay God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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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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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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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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Finding God in All Things.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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