Courageously begin your work, always trying to discern your true task and the most amount of good that you can do, telling yourself that, whatever your vocation may be, there are always people suffering in mind or body to be cared for, tempers to be calmed, and hearts to be healed… During this active phase of your life, let your motto always be Orare et laborare. (Prayer and work)
Be faithful to your morning and evening prayer, and to that honest examination of conscience… However absorbing your occupations may be, every day reserve a few minutes for recollection and solid meditation, which will strengthen you for the struggle.
Above all, receive holy communion often with simplicity, confidence, and love. Approach our Savior without anxiety as the friend he is, able to understand and share everything, with whom you can talk about your joys and sorrows, your temptations, and even the doubts that he can remove, your human plans and spiritual desires.
Excerpt from Servant of God – Elisabeth Leseur’s “A Little Essay on the Christian Life”. +1914
