If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAStand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.
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We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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Finding God in All Things.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
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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.
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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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Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.
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