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
The role of the laity in the Church is to sanctify the temporal order from within.
The temptation of absence destroys the virtue of presence.
We will have to help others in a way they may not notice but which lightens their burden.
He who knows himself to be a son of God knows no fear.
God's gifts are meant to lead us to him, not away from him.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?
We think we need every question answered. Our brains tell us we do. We don’t.
It is necessary for one to know, to hope and to struggle with persevering patience, realising that this is what pleases God.
Forgetting about self is not simply an ascetical technique. It is a divine gift that radically transforms the soul, making it understand and love, for God, with God and in God.