Quotes from Josemaria Escriva

Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!

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.

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

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.

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

Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

St. Joseph was an ordinary sort of man on whom God relied to do great things. He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do, in each and every event that went to make up his life.

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

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

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.

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