It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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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Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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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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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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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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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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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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He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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Laugh and grow strong.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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God will not be outdone in generosity.
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He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
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