A Quote by Saint Ignatius

It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey. — © Saint Ignatius
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

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Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands.
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command to obey is the command to be happy in God. The commandments of God are only as hard to obey as the promises of God are hard to believe. The Word of God is only as hard to obey as the beauty of God is hard to cherish.
How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.
Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.
So many vows … they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It’s too much. No matter what you do, you’re forsaking one vow or another.
Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
Were we more careful to obey the part of the word of wisdom that deals with the "do's" it might be easier to obey the "don'ts"
I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.
That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.
Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.
The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home.
Some people's lives would drastically change if they would obey God as strictly as they obey their doctors.
Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband.
The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
God calls us to duty, and the only right answer is obedience...whether we ourselves get enjoyment and blessing from the task or not, the call must be obeyed...It is better to obey blunderingly than not to obey at all.
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