Discouragement is not from God.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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