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.
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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Discouragement is not from God.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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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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Finding God in All Things.
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Let 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.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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