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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAAs 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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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 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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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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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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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.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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