Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe 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.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Discouragement is not from God.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one’s life, without being influenced in one’s decision by any inordinate affection.
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It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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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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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
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If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
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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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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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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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