Quotes by Ignatius of Loyola

Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) — Ordensgründer · Katholisch · Spanien

Ignatius von Loyola (1491–1556) war ein spanischer Theologe und der Gründer des katholischen Jesuitenordens, den er von Rom aus leitete. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine „Geistlichen Übungen“ und die Methode der Unterscheidung der Geister, während sein radikales Gehorsamskonzept historisch wiederholt Kritik aufwarf. Für heutige Bibelleser bietet seine Spiritualität praktische Anleitungen zur persönlichen Gewissenserforschung und zur Reflexion des Glaubens im Alltag.

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Guidance & God's Will, Discipleship, Prayer & Silence, Meaning & Identity, Work & Vocation, Love, Suffering & the Question of God

Quotes by Ignatius of Loyola

It is precisely where human hopes sink lowest that trust in God rises highest. For where all human help retreats, it makes way for divine help.

Ignatius of Loyola

Most people have no idea what God could make of them, if only they would place themselves at his disposal.

Ignatius of Loyola

Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.

Ignatius of Loyola

Pray as if everything depended on God. Act as if everything depended on you.

Ignatius of Loyola

For one who directs everything toward the service of God, everything becomes prayer.

Ignatius of Loyola

Help me, Lord, to know you better and to love you more, so that I may follow you more decisively.

Ignatius of Loyola

Let your trust in God be as active as if you had nothing to do and God everything; and let your activity be as full of trust in God as if you had everything to do and God nothing.

Ignatius of Loyola

May the highest goodness of God grant grace to all, that they may always rightly discern and fully fulfill his most holy will.

Ignatius of Loyola

The weight of the soul – that is love.

Ignatius of Loyola

Sources: rockhurst.edu, kolleg-st-blasien.de, teilhard.com, katholisch.de

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