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.
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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Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
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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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We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
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Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
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Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of 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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Laugh and grow strong.
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What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.
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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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He who is not getting better is getting worse.
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.
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Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
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