Ignatius of Loyola quotes - page 2

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 Loyola)
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. View quote
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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. View quote
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May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him! View quote
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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. View quote
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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor. View quote
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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. View quote
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help. View quote
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To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime. View quote
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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. View quote
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness. (Ignatius of Loyola)
God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts. View quote
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal. View quote
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Ignatius, for understandable reasons, is the saint I know better than any other. He founded our Order. ... Jesuits were and still are the leavening - not the only one but perhaps the most effective - of Catholicism: culture, teaching, missionary work, loyalty to the Pope. But Ignatius who founded the Society, was also a reformer and a mystic. Especially a mystic. ... They have been fundamental. A religion without mystics is a philosophy. ... I love the mystics; Francis also was in many aspects of his life, but I do not think I have the vocation and then we must understand the deep meaning of that word. The mystic manages to strip himself of action, of facts, objectives and even the pastoral mission and rises until he reaches communion with the Beatitudes. Brief moments but which fill an entire life. View quote
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Protestant success, at first amazingly rapid, was checked mainly as a resultant of Loyola's creation of the Jesuit order. View quote
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