God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
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There is, in fact, a paradox about working to serve the community, and it is this: that to aim directly at serving the community is to falsify the work; the only way to serve the community is to forget the community and serve the work.
The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.
The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal
God gives grace for good work.
Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.
The only Christian work is good work well done.
M'Lord, I know from history that once upon a time in a much earlier Church, a vocation to the priesthood meant a call from the bishop, not necessarily a call from God. And I heard the Bishop of Rome himself call you to be that which you have now become by ordination and consecration.
When there is shortage of anointing, you will begin to doubt your calling
He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.
The author says that theologian operates with windows open to the interest of the world, but also with a skylight that allows full awareness of prayer.
No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.
As is the case with many adolescents, Lewis's increased command over over the things of the world brought with it a corresponding atrophy of the moral sense.
I__ fulfilling my calling when I raise my voice concerning injustice
I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie
I pray for grace, strength and wisdom to faithfully fulfill my calling in due time.
Meanwhile, on Earth, a completely different esoteric plane of existence, Father Chuck awoke with a jolt. This time he was sure of it. Oh dear, he__ heard the Voice of God.What had the Good Lord said? Trembling, the little priest smoothed down his mustache. He was not the right man for a calling. Not the right man at all.
You were born into the world to fulfill a specific purpose in life. May you recognised your unique calling.