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.
“Please God,” I prayed, “Show me the truth, but don’t let the truth be Catholic!”
The role of the laity in the Church is to sanctify the temporal order from within.
"The truly virtuous person doesn’t just do the right thing; he also desires rightly."
It is necessary for one to know, to hope and to struggle with persevering patience, realising that this is what pleases God.
"We have to win Heaven with our ordinary work. "
Forgiveness, then, is the requirement for a true worship of God.
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.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?