The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Considering 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.
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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
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