Life is a talent entrusted to us so that we can transform it and increase it, making it a gift to others. No man is an iceberg drifting on the ocean of history. Each one of us belongs to a great family, in which he has his own role to play.
God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.
Reading the Holy Scriptures confers two benefits. It trains the mind to understand them; it turns man’s attention from the follies of the world and leads him to the love of God.
If you are constant in daily prayer and in the celebration of Mass, your love for Jesus will increase. And your heart will know deep joy and peace, such as the world could never give..
God loves you, but even more - He longs for you. He misses you when you don’t come close. He thirsts for you. Only open your heart to be loved by Him as you are. He will do the rest.
All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as they are the works of men; Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man.
What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language He best hears is silent love.
You must realize now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve Him in and from the ordinary activities of life. He waits for us everyday, in the factory, in the home and in all the immense panorama of work.
The man who is slow to grasp things but who really tries hard is rewarded, equally he who does not cultivate his God-given intellectual ability is condemned for despising his gifts and sinning by sloth.”
The riches of my Spouse are poverty, ignominy and humiliations. Even I too have got it. God has given me the special grace to suffer with Jesus. What else more should I aspire for?