Transformed in the Love of God:

Giving ourselves to the cause of Christ is not to lose the world but to find the world in its truest reality, in its deepest relation to God. We are the body of Christ and each day we are called to live in the body to its fullest, not only for our own healing and wholeness, but for the transformation of the universe.

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If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.

- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556)

“Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. You have given me all that I have, all that I am, and I surrender all to your divine will, that you dispose of me. Give me only your love and your grace. With this I am rich enough, and I have no more to ask.”

- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) (Ignatius recommended this prayer to penitents)