Josemaria Escriva Quotes

That conversation... was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must show your repugnance for it strongly!

There is no danger of exaggerating. We an never hope to fathom this inexpressible mystery nor will we ever be able to give sufficient thanks to our Mother for bringing us into such intimacy with the Blessed Trinity.

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.

We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.

Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that and come with us in search of Love!

Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves.

Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!

All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don't give up hope! On the contrary, call your holy mother Mary, with the faith and abandonment of a child. She will bring peace to your soul.

Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the results.

When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph.

For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.

If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.

Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.

If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?

An hour of study, for the modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.

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.

He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself.

When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when we feel temptations of the flesh, we should run to the side of our Mother in Heaven, by realizing how she is to us, and by means of aspirations. She will defend us and lead us to the light.

If you don't have a plan of life, you'll never have order.

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.

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.

Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you'll be faithful.

May I give you some advice for you to put into practice daily? When your heart makes you feel those low cravings, say slowly to the Immaculate Virgin: Look on me with compassion. Don't abandon me. Don't abandon me, my Mother! - And recommend this prayer to others.

At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.

Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.

When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.

As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace.

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?

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.

Turn to Mary, tota pulchra, all pure and wonderful, and tell her: Our Lady and Mother, the Lord wanted you yourself to look after God and tend him with your own hands. Teach me, teach us all, how to treat your Son!

Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares laid by your own disordered desires? The daily examination of conscience is an indispensible help if we are to follow our Lord with sincerity of heart and integrity of life.

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.

Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.

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.

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.

If I love, there will be no hell for me.

For those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way of beseeching Our Lady as children do their Mother, can destroy every seed of vainglory and pride.

Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.

Among us there is no place for the lukewarm. Humble yourself, and Christ will kindle in you again the fire of love.

You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.

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.

Our Lady listens attentively to what God wants, ponders what she doesn't fully understand and asks about what she doesn't know. Then she gives herself completely to doing the divine will.

Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.

All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.

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.

You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.