Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.
Josemaria EscrivaLove our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.
Josemaria EscrivaThe heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.
Josemaria EscrivaCompromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.
Josemaria EscrivaWhen 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.
Josemaria Escriva