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
Ignatius of Loyola quotes about
simplicity soul three
So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
memories understanding liberty
Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.
grief sorrow tears
It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
sight flames class
Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.
silence bears heard
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences..
jesus flower world
All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.
humility may judgment
May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
true-love honor suffering
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
spiritual fever chill
Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
jesus joy delight
To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.
jesus practice names
But some most worthless persons are in the habit of carrying about the name of Jesus Christ in wicked guile, while yet they practice things unworthy of God, and hold opinions contrary to the doctrine of Christ, to their own destruction, and that of those who give credit to them, whom you must avoid as ye would wild beasts.
fire woods finest
It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.
pain suffering flesh
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 causes suffering but not sickness.
religious poverty dread
A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.