The 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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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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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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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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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
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God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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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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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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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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