holiness of the day

There is something holy, something divine, hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it. Our ordinary everyday life can be a path to holiness. Heaven and earth seem to merge, my children, on the horizon. But where they really meet is in your hearts, when you sanctify your everyday lives.

~St. Josemaria Escriva




This is a quote from the famous founder of Opus Dei. It reminds me of the hope in Jesus that holiness is within reach of my everyday life. I do not have to live outside of who I am, who God has created me to be, but rather to fully live out my calling in life.

Every day I get up in the morning not knowing what to expect out of the day or out of myself. I know that in some way, big or small, I will fail, I am human. But Christ came so that I may have life and have it to the fullest. Created from Love we too are called to Love with that same passion of Christ…EVERYDAY. Holiness is a 24/7, 365 day duty, and it is a duty we must fulfill with our whole hearts…it takes all of us. We have to be seized by this Love from which we were created, bear it on our hearts for others to see and know. Where does our joy for life come from if not rooted and sprung from this Love?