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 LOYOLARemember 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
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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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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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.
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Finding God in All Things.
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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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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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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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