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
God's gifts are meant to lead us to him, not away from him.
We think we need every question answered. Our brains tell us we do. We don’t.
Christian materialism, instead of making us despise consumer goods, should move us to take good care of the material wealth that we possess.
If God is our God, and if God is our All, there should be no limit to our confidence and hope in Him. Yet, as a matter of experience, one sees that it is often through want of confidence that men turn away from the pursuit of perfection.
If with the help of grace we reject the ‘tongue-tied’ devil, we will find that one of the immediate fruits of sincerity is joy and peace in our souls.
We will have to help others in a way they may not notice but which lightens their burden.
It is a mistake to think that the natural me that I wish to flaunt is a thing of great value in itself.