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
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?
Love makes suffering fruitful and suffering deepens love.
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.
God's gifts are meant to lead us to him, not away from him.
It is a mistake to think that the natural me that I wish to flaunt is a thing of great value in itself.
"Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could call everyone in our workaday world friends!"
The temptation of absence destroys the virtue of presence.
