Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, SJwas a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesusand, on 19 April 1541, became its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation. Loyola's devotion to the Catholic Church was characterized by absolute obedience to the Pope...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 December 1491
CountrySpain
jesus done christ
For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
gratitude heaven earth
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
mother mind church
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.
may helping lord
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
religious speech charming
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
silence bears heard
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences..
pain suffering flesh
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.
sight flames class
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.
fire woods finest
It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
humility may judgment
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.
imperfection may should
We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
men doe persecution
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
generosity gods-will
God will not be outdone in generosity.
humility giving grace
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.