Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLASin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
More Ignatius of Loyola Quotes
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Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
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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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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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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.
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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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Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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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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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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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
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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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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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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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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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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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