If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFor those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAOccupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAAs for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASo 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALaugh and grow strong.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLADearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLATeach us to give and not to count the cost.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe glory of God is humankind fully alive.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAWhat seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAConsidering 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAGod gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA