Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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.
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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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If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.
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