Ignatius of Loyola Quotes - Page 4

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• All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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  Jesus, Flower, World

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• Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.

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  Sight, Flames, Class

  Saint Ignatius of Loyola (2012). “The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola”, p.53, Courier Corporation

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• Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.

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  True Love, Blessed, Long

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• But some most worthless persons are in the habit of carrying about the name of Jesus Christ in wicked guile, while yet they practice things unworthy of God, and hold opinions contrary to the doctrine of Christ, to their own destruction, and that of those who give credit to them, whom you must avoid as ye would wild beasts.

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  Jesus, Practice, Names

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• If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.

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  One Day, Littles, Way

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• It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.

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  Religious, Speech, Charming

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• There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.

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  Humility, Giving, Grace

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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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  Running, Poison, Looks

  Saint Ignatius of Loyola (2012). “The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola”, p.34, Courier Corporation

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• ... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.

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  Believe, White, Black

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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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  Fake People, Believe, White

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• 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.

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  Heart, Eye, And Love

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• If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.

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  Believe, Would Be, Refuse

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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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  Simplicity, Soul, And Love

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• Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.

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  Spiritual, Fever, Chill

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• A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

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  Religious, Poverty, Dread

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• What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.

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  Believe, White, Black

  Saint Ignatius (of Loyola) (1951). “The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph”

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• It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.

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  Grief, Sorrow, Tears

  Saint Ignatius (of Loyola) (1951). “The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph”

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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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  Imperfection, May, Should

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• The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

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  Father, Catholic, India

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• The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.

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  Enemy, Jerusalem, Christ

  Saint Ignatius of Loyola (2012). “The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola”, p.52, Courier Corporation

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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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  Blood, Body, Sake

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• Calisto, a companion of Ignatius, and who on recovering from a severe illness had heard of the imprisonment of Ignatius, hastened from Segnovia, where he was staying, and came to Alcala, that he, too, might be cast into prison.

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  Might, Prison, Illness

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