The School of Jesus Crucified Quotes

“Have thy struggles with thy natural inclinations, restraint of thy passions, and submission to the holy Will of God, ever cost thee a drop of blood? But the acceptance of death for thy salvation costs Jesus a bloody sweat!”
― Rev. Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus Passionist, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“Judas sold his Master once only, but can you even remember how many times you have been guilty of the same dark treason?”
― Rev. Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus Passionist, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“PERHAPS there is no subject for meditation more suitable to every class of persons than the most sacred Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. In it may sinners find the encouragement and graces necessary for their conversion; from it may beginners derive strength and fervor wherewith to subdue their passions; in it may the good discover fresh incentives to advance in the paths of virtue. In short, there are none who will not find it an inexhaustible mine of hidden treasures, and an endless source of graces and spiritual blessings.”
― Rev. Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus Passionist, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“Sister Mary Minima, of Jesus of Nazareth, a Carmelite nun, who died in the odor of sanctity, at Vetralla, about the year 1831, was accustomed, while yet a child, frequently to spend some little time in reading accounts of the Passion of Jesus Christ; and so great, even then, was her compassion for her suffering Lord, that she would shed tears in abundance over what she read. After she became a nun, she could not even look at a book upon the Passion, or at any picture or image of Jesus Crucified, without being touched to the heart, and bursting into a flood of tears. She would most tenderly kiss the Crucifix, and was in the habit of spending much time with great compunction of heart in beholding and embracing her Redeemer nailed to the Cross. (See her Life.) I exhort you also to begin and imitate her, and perform similar devout practices in honor of Christ Crucified, and by degrees you will find your love and devotion towards them sensibly increase.”
― Ignazio Del Costato Di Gesu, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“If you once seek to come to terms with the world, you will never detach yourself from it. God calls you to Himself. God makes known to you His Will. It is not His will that you should love the world, but that you should detach yourself from it; make, then, a firm resolution to do so, and—in imitation of Jesus and Mary—hasten to execute the Will of God.”
― Ignazio Del Costato Di Gesu, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“Be not of the number of those who say they have not time to meditate when they can find plenty of time to dissipate it in useless amusements. Once seriously desire your salvation, and you will not be at a loss for time to meditate.”
― Ignazio Del Costato Di Gesu, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“NOTHING can be begun well unless begun in God, the sole Fountain of all real good; begin, therefore, each day by raising your mind and heart to God.”
― Ignazio Del Costato Di Gesu, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]

“It will be utterly useless for anyone to read this book solely for the sake of novelty, as it contains nothing but what may be found scattered over the pages of many other books of piety. Read it, on the contrary, O devout Christian, in a spirit of devotion, and with a sincere desire for the sanctification of your soul. Faithfully and perseveringly practice what you read, and you may be sure of experiencing the most blessed effects in your soul. A great change would take place in the lives of many Christians, if such were the spirit in which they read all the good books which are in their possession”
― Ignazio Del Costato Di Gesu, The School of Jesus Crucified (with Supplemental Reading: A Brief Life of Christ) [Illustrated]