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
The temptation of absence destroys the virtue of presence.
Forgiveness, then, is the requirement for a true worship of God.
Gratitude is hardly restricted to people of faith, just as people of faith are not exempt from ingratitude.
"We have to win Heaven with our ordinary work. "
It is necessary for one to know, to hope and to struggle with persevering patience, realising that this is what pleases God.
It is a mistake to think that the natural me that I wish to flaunt is a thing of great value in itself.
"The truly virtuous person doesn’t just do the right thing; he also desires rightly."
Though it is perfectly natural to experience sadness over loss or injury, the virtue of patience enables us to bear suffering without being broken by sorrow or led to forsake the way of virtue.
"I think the wise person’s essential gift is tender receptivity."