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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAPray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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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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They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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Finding God in All Things.
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One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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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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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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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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