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
eye heart looks
God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.
running strong heart
The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woman to lose heart and run away when he faces up to her; on the other hand, if the man begins to be afraid and to give ground, her rage, vindictiveness and fury overflow and know no limit.
humble heart cheerful
If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.
heartfelt doing-nothing action
Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.
heart heaven bears
He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.
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.
might prison illness
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.
enemy jerusalem christ
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.
blood body sake
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.
true-love blessed long
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.