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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

~Saint Ignatius

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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.

~Saint Ignatius

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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.

~Saint Ignatius

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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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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.

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What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.

~Saint Ignatius

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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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In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior.

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Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you. It is certainly a higher virtue of the soul, and a greater grace, to be able to enjoy the Lord in different times and different places than in only one.

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Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

~Saint Ignatius

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Saint

Born: December 23rd, 1491

Died: July 31st, 1556

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