Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAReceive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLADo not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIf one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAMay 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe glory of God is humankind fully alive.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAThe servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAHe who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAFew souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLABe generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLANo 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAIt 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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAOne must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God’s help, he has been victorious.
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.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLALet your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLAAll 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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