Discouragement is not from God.
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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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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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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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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A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.
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As 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.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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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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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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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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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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