Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the body’s help and service, is better disposed for the service and praise of our Creator and Lord. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
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. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
He who aims at making an entire and perfect oblation of himself, in addition to his will, must offer his understanding, which is a further and the highest degree of obedience. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India… has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will – that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God’s grace, I will do. Saint Ignatius Read Quote
