Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
-
-
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
God will not be outdone in generosity.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
He who is not getting better is getting worse.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA -
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA