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
Before we had done anything to deserve his love, God created us, called us into friendship with himself
Virtuous people are those to whom we turn for help in emergencies, and for comfort in times of grief
"Lukewarmness dims the soul's witness; rekindle zeal, love, and daily interior life."
St. Thomas Aquinas describes it as the virtue that disposes us to undertake great things worthy of honour
When love is immature, the person is constantly looking inward, absorbed in his own feelings
the fastest and surest way up the mountain of sanctity is not arduous ascending by one's own effort
Pessimism in psychology means having a cognitive bias by which you turn shortcomings into permanent personality traits
It's one thing to say that I value my spouse, children, friends, and God
Christ's death has made superabundant satisfaction to God for all our sins
The role of the laity in the Church is to sanctify the temporal order from within.
Nothing exists independently of God. The universe did not simply receive its existence from him
we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor
We are celebrating the holy Eucharist, the sacramental Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of our Lord