To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAConcerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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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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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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