Interior life. We need it, if we are to answer the call that the Master has made to each and every one of us. We have to become saints…’down to the last whisker,’*….

Some of you might think I am referring only to a select few. Don’t let the promptings of cowardice or easygoing ways deceive you so easily. Feel, instead, God urging each one of you on, to become another Christ, ipse Christus, Christ himself. To put it simply, God is urging us to make our actions consistent with the demands of our faith….

Certainly our goal is both lofty and difficult to attain. But please do not forget that people are not born holy. Holiness is forged through a constant interplay of God’s grace and the correspondence of man….

Thinking of those of you who, despite years of experience, still go about dreaming — with vain and childish dreams…imagining they are hunting lions in the corridors of their homes, where the most they will find are mice…I can only remind you how great a thing it is to be accompanying God through the faithful fulfilment of your ordinary daily duties, coming through struggles which fill Our Lord with joy….

Rest assured that you will usually find few opportunities for dazzling deeds, one reason being that they seldom occur. On the other hand, you will not lack opportunities, in the small and ordinary things around you, of showing your love for Christ.

—Jose Maria Escriva, Opus Dei founder.