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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ST. IGNATIUS
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The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
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“there any sacrifice that I know, or at least suspect, my dear Lord asks of me? Is there any practice or habit of mine that may not please Him? If a sculptor, carving an elegant statue, would find a flaw in the marble that would disfigure the countenance, he might have to reject that stone and choose another.”
― The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
― The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
“POINT I. Let me ask myself sincerely: am I now fully convinced that I am in this world for no other end than to praise, reverence and serve God, and thereby to save my soul? that I must use creatures only in as far as they conduce to this end? This is right and just, it is highly useful for me; it is necessary, the one thing necessary;—all else is vanity; it passes away in a short time.”
― The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
― The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
“needed to attain perfection, is favored by retirement from the world. Hence all founders of religious orders require a retired novitiate, and the Church strictly prescribes enclosure, which law has not been relaxed except where charity to the neighbor demands it. It is not the spirit of God that makes some priests aspire to conspicuous offices and functions.”
― The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
― The spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
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