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
Christian materialism, instead of making us despise consumer goods, should move us to take good care of the material wealth that we possess.
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?
He who knows himself to be a son of God knows no fear.
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.
The gift of fortitude, which is so necessary in our path toward heaven, is obtained from God through prayer and the sacraments.
A pusillanimous person is a man of closed horizons, resigned to just getting along. He has no high ambitions.
We are not called to spiritual mediocrity – to be just nice guys. We are called to holiness.