Look Within

"You wish to reform the world? Reform yourself, otherwise your efforts will be in vain."

St. Ignatius Loyola 

Matthew 7:1-5,  reminds me to look within. 

"“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye." 

We cannot expect change and stay exactly as we are. 

"I tell you that you have less to suffer in following the cross than in serving the world and its pleasures." St. John Vianney  

We don't always realize it but the cross is what changes us for the better.

"Hate what the world seeks, and seek what it avoids." St. Ignatius Loyola 

The world will only be better when we become better.

"The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light." St. John of the Cross

What are you preparing for?