All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who is not getting better is getting worse.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Laugh and grow strong.
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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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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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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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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