Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThey 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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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.
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If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
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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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Discouragement is not from God.
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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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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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Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
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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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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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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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Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
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Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
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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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The glory of God is humankind fully alive.
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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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