Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAStand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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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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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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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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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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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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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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The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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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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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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