"I assure you, my children, that when a……" — 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..."
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Josemaria Escriva
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40 Quotes by Josemaria Escriva
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You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
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You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.
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At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.
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When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.
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Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle…
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We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.
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Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to…
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You must realise now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve Him in and from the…
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There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who…
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If you don't have a plan of life, you'll never have order.
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