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
mean men giving
They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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.
faith inspiration giving
You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.
giving cost lord
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
giving grace holy
God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
memories giving grace
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me. I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace; with these I will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.
fighting knowing giving
Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.
giving generosity cost
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
fighting giving cost
O my God, teach me to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served to give without counting the cost to fight without fear of being wounded to work without seeking rest and to spend myself without expecting any reward but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will. Amen
generosity grace showers
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
mother lost virgins
He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
get-better
He who is not getting better is getting worse.
fall angel rocks
In the case of those who are making progress from good to better, the good angel touches the soul gently, lightly, sweetly, as a drop of water enters a sponge, while the evil spirit touches it sharply, with noise and disturbance, like a drop of water falling on a rock.
believe would-be refuse
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.