“To pray is to talk to God, but about what? About Him, about yourself; joys, sorrows, successes, and failures, noble ambitions, daily worries, weaknesses! And acts of thanksgiving and petitions: and Love and reparation. In a word: to get to know Him and to get to know yourself: to get acquainted.”

                                       -St. Josemaria Escriva

For Reflection:

What do I most need to talk to God about today and why? After I speak to Him, I will be sure to take the time to listen to Him in reply.

Page 15  The stakes are high.  We are destined to the endless ecstasy called heaven, not to the paltry pleasures of earth, which, no matter how intense they occasionally may be, soon fade away.  We exist not to pursue the fatuous inflation of prestige and fame, but to "dance with joy" in the only lasting glorification--begun on earth and completed hereafter--that is given to the humble who are invited to "enter into the joy of their Lord."