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. Ignatius of Loyola More Quotes by Ignatius of Loyola More Quotes From Ignatius of Loyola 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. Ignatius of Loyola humility grace giving 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. Ignatius of Loyola flames sight class May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him! Ignatius of Loyola lord may helping 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. Ignatius of Loyola flower world jesus 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. Ignatius of Loyola tears sorrow grief Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal. Ignatius of Loyola fever chill spiritual We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church. Ignatius of Loyola church mother mind The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith. Ignatius of Loyola catholic india father What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines. Ignatius of Loyola black white believe 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. Ignatius of Loyola body sake blood 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. Ignatius of Loyola jerusalem enemy christ It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. Ignatius of Loyola charming speech religious 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. Ignatius of Loyola illness prison might We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections. Ignatius of Loyola imperfection should may 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. Ignatius of Loyola true-love blessed long 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. Ignatius of Loyola refuse would-be believe
