A Phrase for Life
Living life by a particular motto can have untold benefits. Many of the saints had mottoes to which they oriented their entire lives. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?” That motto spoke to St. Anthony of the desert as the conversion or turning point of his entire life. We may be familiar with other mottoes, such as Padre Pio’s “Pray, hope, and don’t worry.” Or, Pope St. John Paul II, who entrusted his life to the care and protection of Our Blessed Moth and encapsulated this in his papal motto: “Totus Tuus,””, meaning “Totally Yours.” St. Junipero Serra’s motto was “Always forward, never back.” Padre Miguel Pro, who was martyred for the faith in Mexico during the Cristero uprising against the government and who died by firing squad, proclaimed the motto he lived his life by: “Viva Christo Re!” or, “Long live Christ the King.” Each of us lives our lives according to our beliefs and the way we understand life in general. At the …
Facing Our Immortality 