Adversity, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Suffering
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 to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
Everything you say and do will come to light: remember that what you say in secret will be shouted from the housetops.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Prayer (problems), Quote Author, Quote Topic
Success and dryness are equally dangerous to those who are given to prayer: the one tends to make the mind swell with pride, the other provokes it to boredom.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
I leave it to your good sense to decide which is better: to say now to all that is earthly, ‘What does it profit a man?’ Or to cry in vain later on, ‘What did it profit?’
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Death, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
If we were to die now, what would happen to us? What account should we give of the many riches, graces, and companions left to perish through our means?
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
