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
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
"Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
We think we need every question answered. Our brains tell us we do. We don’t.
Gratitude is hardly restricted to people of faith, just as people of faith are not exempt from ingratitude.
Christian materialism, instead of making us despise consumer goods, should move us to take good care of the material wealth that we possess.
It is necessary for one to know, to hope and to struggle with persevering patience, realising that this is what pleases God.
When the soul is happy it spreads its happiness and is an encouragement to others.
The temptation of absence destroys the virtue of presence.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?