620 If obedience does not give you peace, it is because you are proud.The Works of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Showing posts with label The Way. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
On Obedience
Monday, March 23, 2009
On Being a Loudspeaker for the Enemy
836 To serve as a loud-speaker for the enemy is the height of idiocy; and if the enemy is God's enemy, it is a great sin. That is why, in the professional field, I never praise the knowledge of those who use it as rostrum from which to attack the Church.The Works of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Friday, March 20, 2009
On Dying One's Self
994 'My enthusiasm is gone', you write. You have to work not out of enthusiasm but out of Love: conscious of duty, which means self-denial.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
On Zeal for Worldly Things
317 What zeal people put into their earthly affairs: dreaming of honours, striving for riches, bent on sensuality. Men and women, rich and poor, old and middle— aged and young and even children: all of them the same.The Works of St. Josemaría Escrivá
When you and I put the same zeal into the affairs of our souls, we will have a living and operative faith: and there will be no obstacle that we cannot overcome in our apostolic undertakings.
Monday, March 16, 2009
On Detachments
631 Detach yourself from the goods of the world. Love and practise poverty of spirit: be content with what enables you to live a simple and sober life.The Works of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Otherwise, you will never be an apostle.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
On Visiting the Blessed Sacrament
554 Don't omit the visit to the Blessed Sacrament. After your usual vocal prayer, tell Jesus, really present in the Tabernacle, of the cares and worries of your day. And you will receive light and strength for your life as a Christian.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
On Setting an Example of Being a Christian
661 Long face, rough manner, ridiculous appearance, unfriendly attitude. Is that how you hope to inspire others to follow Christ?
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
On Blessings from God
658 If things go well, let us rejoice, blessing God who makes them prosper. And if they go badly? Let us rejoice, blessing God who allows us to share in the sweetness of his Cross.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
On Refraining From Passing Judgment on Sinners
675 It's true that he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgment on him. Have pity in your heart, and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
On Giving Our Opinions
674 Never give your opinion if you are not asked for it, even if you think that your view is the best.
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Monday, March 09, 2009
On Being Silent
671 Jesus remains silent. Jesus autem tacebat. Why do you speak, to console yourself, or to excuse yourself?
Say nothing. Seek joy in contempt: you will always receive less than you deserve.
Can you, by any chance, ask: Quid enim mali feci, what evil have I done?
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Saturday, March 07, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
On Charity
440 When you have finished your work, do your brother's, helping him, for Christ's sake, so tactfully and so naturally that no one — not even he — will realise that you are doing more than what in justice you ought.
This, indeed, is virtue befitting a son of God!
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
On Carrying Out God's Will
771 God exalts those who carry out his will in the very things in which he humbled them.
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
On Punishing Oneself
202 You are going to punish yourself voluntarily for your weakness and lack of generosity? Very good: but let it be a reasonable penance, imposed as it were, on an enemy who is at the same time your brother?
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
On Examination of Conscience
235 Examination of conscience: a daily task. Book-keeping is never neglected by anyone in business.
And is there any business worth more than the business of eternal life?
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Monday, March 02, 2009
On Abandonment to the Will of God
766 Abandonment to the will of God is the secret of happiness on earth. Say, then: meus cibus est, ut faciam voluntatem ejus, my food is to do his will.Works of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Sunday, March 01, 2009
On Conquering Oneself
191 Conquer yourself each day from the very first moment, getting up on the dot, at a fixed time, without yielding a single minute to laziness.
If, with God's help, you conquer yourself, you will be well ahead for the rest of the day.
It's so discouraging to find oneself beaten at the first skirmish!
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
On Self-Denial
186 We must give ourselves in everything, we must deny ourselves in everything: the sacrifice must be a holocaust.The Works of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Friday, February 27, 2009
On Suffering
Let us drink to the last drop the chalice of pain in this poor present life. What does it matter to suffer for ten years, twenty, fifty... if afterwards there is heaven for ever, for ever... for ever?
And, above all — rather than because of the reward, propter retributionem — what does suffering matter if we suffer to console, to please God our Lord, in a spirit of reparation, united to him on his Cross; in a word: if we suffer for Love?...
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