Saint

St Ignatius of Loyola

St Ignatius of Loyola (Wikipedia)

In Profile

• Birth Name: Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola
• DoB:  23 October 1491
• PoB: Aspeitia,Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.
• Death: 31 July 1556 (aged 64)
• Beatified: 27 July 1609 by
• Canonization: 12 March 1622 by Gregory XV
• Feast Date: 31 July
• Vocation: Catholic Priest and Theologian
• Legacy: Co-founded the Jesuit Order

A precious crown is reserved in heaven for those who perform all their actions with all the diligence of which they are capable; for it is not sufficient to do our part well; it must be done more than well.
—ST. IGNATIUS
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God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.
—ST. IGNATIUS.
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Here is the difference between the joys of the world and the cross of Jesus Christ: after having tasted the first, one is disgusted with them; and on the contrary, the more one partakes of the cross, the greater the thirst for it.
—ST. IGNATIUS
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St Ignatius
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Mary’s sorrow was less when she saw her only Son crucified, than it is now at the sight of men offending Him by sin.
—ST. IGNATIUS.

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Place before your eyes as models for imitation, not the weak and cowardly, but the fervent and courageous.
—ST. IGNATIUS
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That which would have easily been remedied at first, becomes incurable by time and habit
—ST. IGNATIUS
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THERE are two guarantees of a wise rule of conduct: the thought before action, and self-command afterward.
—ST. IGNATIUS.
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The shortest, yea, the only way to reach sanctity, is to conceive a horror for all that the world loves and values.
—ST. IGNATIUS.