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> [“Simply in focusing our attention on the “enemy” Ignatius is rendering us a great service. To be unaware that we can expect resistance when we seek the Lord, or to be aware of this resistance only abstractly and very occasionally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/simply-in-focusing-our-attention-on-the-enemy-ignatius-is-rendering/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

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## More by Timothy M. Gallagher

> [“Simply in focusing our attention on the “enemy” Ignatius is rendering us a great service. To be unaware that we can expect resistance when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/simply-in-focusing-our-attention-on-the-enemy-ignatius-is-rendering/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“If we could lift the veil and if we watched with vigilant attention, God would endlessly reveal himself to us and we should see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/if-we-could-lift-the-veil-and-if-we-watched-with-vigilant-attention/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“in time of desolation never make a change, but be firm and constant in the proposals and determination in which one was the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/in-time-of-desolation-never-make-a-change-but-be-firm-and-constant-in/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“As John of the Cross writes so simply: “On this journey, we must always continue to walk if we are to arrive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/as-john-of-the-cross-writes-so-simply-on-this-journey-we-must-always/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“Open, Lord, my mouth to bless your holy name; cleanse my heart from all empty, evil, or distracting thoughts; enlighten my mind, enkindle my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/open-lord-my-mouth-to-bless-your-holy-name-cleanse-my-heart-from-all/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“Only when we learn experientially the truth that there is a “light that shines in the darkness” (John 1:5), and that to be “within”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/only-when-we-learn-experientially-the-truth-that-there-is-a-light/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“In rule 2 it is now the enemy who stirs up an unsettling “biting” movement in the hearts of those seeking God.2 Such dedicated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/in-rule-2-it-is-now-the-enemy-who-stirs-up-an-unsettling-biting/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

> [“in persons entrenched in serious sin the enemy ordinarily works on the imagination. He fills such persons’ imagination with images of “sensual delights and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-gallagher/in-persons-entrenched-in-serious-sin-the-enemy-ordinarily-works-on/)

[Timothy M. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-gallagher/)

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