Who Says You Can’t Be a Saint? March 26, 2017 Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it. Josemaria Escriva You must realise now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve Him in and from the ordinary, secular and civil activities of human life. He waits for us everyday, in the laboratory, in the operating theatre, in the army barracks, in the university chair, in the factory, in the workshop, in the fileds, in the home and in all the immense panorama of work. Josemaria Escriva Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him Josemaria Escriva I assure you, my children, that when a Christian carries out with love the most insignificant everyday action, that action overflows with the transcendence of God. That is why I have told you so often, and hammered away at it, that the Christian vocation consists in making heroic verse out of the prose of each day. Heaven and earth seem to merge, my children, on the horizon. But where they really meet is in your hearts, when you sanctify your everyday lives... Josemaria Escriva Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: "That person sanctifies me". Josemaria Escriva Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps. Josemaria Escriva You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!" you can be sure you have already begun." Josemaria Escriva To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints. Josemaria Escriva When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries. Josemaria Escriva You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness. Josemaria Escriva It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity. Josemaria Escriva You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep. Josemaria Escriva To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond... You - what have you done? Josemaria Escriva You always leave the Rosary for later, and you end up not saying it at all because you are sleepy. If there is no other time, say it in the street without letting anybody notice it. It will, moreover, help you to have presence of God. Josemaria Escriva Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins! Josemaria Escriva Many Christians take their time and have leisure enough in their social life (no hurry here). They are leisurely, too, in their professionally activities, at table and recreation (no hurry here either). But isn't it strange how those same Christians find themselves in such a rush and want to hurry the priest, in their anxiety to shorten the time devoted to the most holy sacrifice of the altar? Josemaria Escriva If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others? Josemaria Escriva Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence. Josemaria Escriva When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph. Josemaria Escriva Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle. Josemaria Escriva Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call. Josemaria Escriva So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle. Josemaria Escriva To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance. Josemaria Escriva The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results. Josemaria Escriva There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work. Josemaria Escriva
