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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFew souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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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.
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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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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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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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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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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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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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