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
It is a mistake to think that the natural me that I wish to flaunt is a thing of great value in itself.
The temptation of absence destroys the virtue of presence.
It is necessary for one to know, to hope and to struggle with persevering patience, realising that this is what pleases God.
The role of the laity in the Church is to sanctify the temporal order from within.
How can a donkey work if it is not fed or given enough rest, or if its spirit is broken by too many beatings?
A pusillanimous person is a man of closed horizons, resigned to just getting along. He has no high ambitions.
"We have to win Heaven with our ordinary work. "
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.