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
“Please God,” I prayed, “Show me the truth, but don’t let the truth be Catholic!”
God's gifts are meant to lead us to him, not away from him.
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.
We will have to help others in a way they may not notice but which lightens their burden.
"Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could call everyone in our workaday world friends!"
If with the help of grace we reject the ‘tongue-tied’ devil, we will find that one of the immediate fruits of sincerity is joy and peace in our souls.
Though it is perfectly natural to experience sadness over loss or injury, the virtue of patience enables us to bear suffering without being broken by sorrow or led to forsake the way of virtue.
Christian materialism, instead of making us despise consumer goods, should move us to take good care of the material wealth that we possess.