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.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?
Gratitude is hardly restricted to people of faith, just as people of faith are not exempt from ingratitude.
He who knows himself to be a son of God knows no fear.
Love makes suffering fruitful and suffering deepens love.
"Following Our Lord means living a life of small and great acts of madness, as is always the case where true love is concerned. "
The virtue of poverty consists in living with our heart in God, and therefore detached from material things.
"Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could call everyone in our workaday world friends!"
“Please God,” I prayed, “Show me the truth, but don’t let the truth be Catholic!”