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In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of... →
Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you. It is certainly a higher virtue of the... →
May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he... →
If I cannot add to my own low level of understanding, I could ill afford to try to raise that of others, seeing that it belongs to our Creator and... →
In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it... →
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... →
Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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.
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we... →
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