You asked the Lord to let you suffer a little for his sake... And look - now that suffering comes, in a very human, very ordinary way, with difficulties and worries in the family or the thousand small things of everyday life, you find it hard to see Christ behind it all.
— Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975), Priester
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Growth & Character
Occasions: For Reflection
Josemaría Escrivá
Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975) war ein spanischer katholischer Priester, der vor allem in Madrid sowie Rom wirkte und 1928 das Opus Dei gründete. Er betonte die Heiligung des Alltags und der weltlichen Berufsarbeit – bekannt durch sein Werk „Der Weg“ –, während sein Schaffen wegen autoritärer Strukturen und historischer Nähe zum Franco-Regime umstritten blieb. Heutigen Bibellesern liefert er Denkanstöße für eine konsequente Arbeitsethik, deren Umfeld jedoch bis heute durch Berichte über geistlichen Missbrauch und strenge Gewissenskontrolle belastet ist.
All quotes by Josemaría Escrivá (6)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer