Don't let your life be barren. Be useful. Make yourself felt. Shine forth with the torch of your faith and your love.
The Way #1
Josemaria Escriva
We have to learn to abandon ourselves, leaving the results of our struggle in God’s hands, for only abandonment, trust in God, can overcome this unrest.
The gift of fortitude, which is so necessary in our path toward heaven, is obtained from God through prayer and the sacraments.
How pleasant it is when a friend comes to us in the midst of some difficulty and says: You can count on me!
When the soul is happy it spreads its happiness and is an encouragement to others.
For Chesterton, the ability to appreciate life was not naive optimism but a form of wisdom.
"Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could call everyone in our workaday world friends!"
"The truly virtuous person doesn’t just do the right thing; he also desires rightly."
