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July 25, 2005
"A new impetus to your daily work"
"I have always seen rest as time set aside from daily tasks, never as days of idleness. Rest means recuperation: to gain strength, form ideals and make plans. In other words it means a change of circumstances, so that you can come back later with a new impetus to your daily work." (Furrow, 514). July 20, 2002
"We children of God have to be contemplatives"
"We children of God have to be contemplatives: people who, in the midst of the din of the throng, know how to find silence of soul in a lasting conversation with Our Lord, people who know how to look at him as they look at a Father, as they look at a Friend, as they look at someone with whom they are madly in love." (The Forge, 738). June 03, 2002
"Be outstanding in study"
"Student: form yourself in a solid and active piety, be outstanding in study, have a strong desire for the 'professional' apostolate. And with that vigor of your religious and professional training, I promise you rapid and far-reaching developments." (The Way, 346). January 19, 2002
"Our treasure is Christ"
"Earthly goods are not bad, but they are debased when man sets them up as idols, when he adores them. They are ennobled when they are converted into instruments for good, for just and charitable Christian undertakings. We cannot seek after material goods as if they were a treasure. Our treasure is Christ and all our love and desire must be centered on him." (Christ is passing by, 35). November 26, 2000
"Finishing properly the tasks committed to us”
Sanctity is made up of heroic acts. Therefore, in our work we are asked for the heroism of finishing properly the tasks committed to us, day after day, even though they are the same tasks. If we don't, then we do not want to be saints. (Furrow, 529). November 24, 2000
“Your work too must become a personal prayer”
Before you start working, place a crucifix on your desk or beside the tools you work with. From time to time glance at it... When tiredness creeps in, your eyes will go towards Jesus, and you will find new strength to continue with your task. For that crucifix is more than a picture of someone you love —parents, children, wife, sweetheart... He is everything: your Father, your Brother, your Friend, your God, the very Love of your loves. (The Way of the Cross, Eleventh Station, 5). October 05, 2000
“Sanctifying one's work is no fantastic dream”
Sanctifying one's work is no fantastic dream, but the mission of every Christian - yours and mine. That is what that lathe-worker had discovered, when he said: "I am overwhelmed with happiness when I think how true it is that while I am working at the lathe and singing - singing all the time, on the outside and on the inside - I can become a saint. How good God is!" (Furrow, 517). October 02, 2000
“Work is a way to holiness”
Conversion is the matter of a moment. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime. (The Way, 285). September 20, 2000
“Give Him glory, and praise Him and spread His kingdom”
In God's service there are no unimportant posts: all are of great importance. The importance of the post depends on the spiritual level reached by the person filling it. (The Forge, 618). September 18, 2000
“How many businessmen have become saints?”
You say it helps you a lot to wonder how many businessmen have become saints since the time of the early Christians. And you want to show that it is also possible today. The Lord will not abandon you in that effort. (Furrow, 490). 
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