Daily Devotional

Attaining sainthood is not impossible, but your desire for sainthood must be stronger than any worldly aspiration. You must long for it even more than you long for food or sleep. One of the beatitudes is: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” This means: “Blessed are those longing for sainthood; they shall never be disappointed.”

The moment we begin to see ourselves as better than others, the moment we begin to talk badly about others as “good-for-nothings,” God teaches us a lesson; He humiliates us before their very eyes. Like a party host, God politely asks us to step aside, and He does it in so many ways.

Love is the ability to see God in others, especially in those suffering, hungry, thirsty, homeless, sick, etc. No law is superior to the law of love. On the last day, we shall be judged by how we kept this law of love: how we helped others and how we behaved, not like the Pharisees.