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
Forgetting about self is not simply an ascetical technique. It is a divine gift that radically transforms the soul, making it understand and love, for God, with God and in God.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?
"We have to win Heaven with our ordinary work. "
Every person, regardless of their station in life, has the ability to become a saint.
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.
A pusillanimous person is a man of closed horizons, resigned to just getting along. He has no high ambitions.
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.