No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.
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 will not be outdone in generosity.
Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.
If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.
We should not have a petty regard for God’s gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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.
Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.
May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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.
Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
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.
They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.
God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences...
As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
He who is not getting better is getting worse.