Ignatius Loyola Quotes

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• We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and… Acknowledging
• We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides. Appears
• Finding God in All Things. All
• If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want… Abundant
• To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find… Best
• He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes. Bears
• Teach us to give and not to count the cost. Cost
• What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. Believe
• If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy. Caring
• He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor. Begin
• 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… All
• The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith. Been
• SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection. Affection
• The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness Doctorate
• Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you. Catholic
• Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost. Cost
• Discouragement is not from God. Discouragement
• Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words. Deeds
• The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is… Afraid
• 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… Body

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