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
Forgiveness, then, is the requirement for a true worship of God.
If God is our God, and if God is our All, there should be no limit to our confidence and hope in Him. Yet, as a matter of experience, one sees that it is often through want of confidence that men turn away from the pursuit of perfection.
We are not called to spiritual mediocrity – to be just nice guys. We are called to holiness.
It is a mistake to think that the natural me that I wish to flaunt is a thing of great value in itself.
Gratitude is hardly restricted to people of faith, just as people of faith are not exempt from ingratitude.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?
For Chesterton, the ability to appreciate life was not naive optimism but a form of wisdom.
When the soul is happy it spreads its happiness and is an encouragement to others.