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
"Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
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.
When the soul is happy it spreads its happiness and is an encouragement to others.
"The truly virtuous person doesn’t just do the right thing; he also desires rightly."
He who knows himself to be a son of God knows no fear.
God's gifts are meant to lead us to him, not away from him.
Christian materialism, instead of making us despise consumer goods, should move us to take good care of the material wealth that we possess.