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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

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.
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Body Disgust Horrible Myself Poison Ugly
We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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Gift God Imperfection Regard
He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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Beginning Himself Lose Work World
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
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Generosity God Grace Ourselves Willing
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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Appearance Believe Black Decision White
All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.
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Creation Faith Gift God Myself Service World
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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Earth Gift Gratitude Heaven
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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Blessing Creation God Life Love Sincerity True
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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Affection Conquer Decision Exercise Influence Spiritual
As 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.
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Experience God Joy Life Possession Service
One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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God Oneself Passion Victory War
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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Insult Life Load Man Treasure
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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Devotion Difficult God Love Ourselves
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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Fear God Greatness Man Oneself
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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Deserve Love Myself Suffering True
A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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