The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

in his prayers and other spiritual exercises he should beg and plead with our Lord God for the contrary; he should, that is, insist that he does not want that position or living or anything else unless His Divine Majesty regulate his desire and change his former attitude. Thus his motive for holding the one or the other shall be solely the service, honour and glory of His Divine Majesty.

if he is on the look-out for and is anxious to hold some position or living, not for the honour and glory of our Lord God, or for the spiritual benefit of souls, but for his own temporal advantage and interest, he should turn his ambitions in the opposite direction:

it is most fitting that he should use all his strength to strive towards the opposite of that which is the object of his improper desire