86 Quotes by Ignatius of Antioch

I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.

I offer my life’s breath for the sake of the Cross, which is a stumbling block to the unbelievers, but to us it is salvation and eternal life.

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.

May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.

I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God’s bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave His Blood which is love that cannot perish.

But pray unceasingly also for the rest of men, for they offer ground for hoping that they may be converted and win their way to God. Give them an opportunity therefore, of becoming your disciples. Meet their angry outbursts with your own gentleness, their boastfulness with your humility, their revilings with your prayers, their error with your constancy in the faith, their harshness with your meekness; and beware of trying to match their example.

Do everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God – as He actually is.

It is better to keep silence and be something than to talk and be nothing.

Let no man’s place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man’s low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbor.