An Ignatian Book of Days Quotes

“For the love of God, do not be careless or tepid. For if tautness breaks the bow, idleness breaks the soul. Try to maintain a holy and discreet ardor in work and in the pursuit of learning as well as of virtue. With one as with the other, one energetic act is worth a thousand that are listless, and what a lazy man cannot accomplish in many years an energetic man usually achieves in a short time. —St. Ignatius Loyola, The Letters of St. Ignatius of Loyola, William”
― Jim Manney, An Ignatian Book of Days

“God’s connection to the poor and suffering is so deep that a response of compassion is insufficient. What might this response be?”
― Jim Manney, An Ignatian Book of Days