“Even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life.” BeliefSmallestDiscipleshipBlazingEmbersBonfireConsecrated Life Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can make it happen. Thankfully, He doesn't expect us to make ourselves holy. He just wants us to learn to depend on Him to make us holy.” WantDoeHappensDependsHolyIntentionMake It HappenConsecrated Life Author:Joyce Meyer
“When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God springs.” WholeLife IsPrayerSilenceSpringBoundsWhole LifeUrgesSacramentsEucharistFaith HopeHope LoveLove PrayerConsecrated LifeFaith Hope Love Author:Pope John Paul II
“Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.” SelfSometimesHardCharacterLife IsOrderAchievementInstrumentsFilledSelf WorthLiftsMinistersAspireSense Of SelfRepetitiveConsecrated Life Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny.” PurposeChoicesDestinyOur LivesHighestRaisesThis LifeOur TimePermitTrue SuccessConsecrationConsecrated Life Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God.” CharacterInstrumentsConsecrated Life Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“May the World Day of Consecrated Life be a timely occasion to rediscover the centrality of Jesus in our lives.” WorldMayLife IsJesusOur LivesOccasionsTimelyConsecrated Life Author:Pope Francis
“Consecrated life means going to the very root of the love of Jesus Christ with an undivided heart and putting nothing ahead of this love.” HeartMeanJesusChristJesus ChristRootsLife MeansConsecrated Life Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“They (the consecrated) are men and woman who can awaken the world. Consecrated life is prophecy. God asks us to fly the nest and to be sent to the frontiers of the world, avoiding the temptation to 'domesticate' them. This is the most concrete way of imitating the Lord.” MenWorldWayLife IsAsksLordTemptationConcreteProphecyAvoidingFrontiersNestsImitatingConsecrated Life Author:Pope Francis