Pope Francis

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Friends of God (82) - Truthfulness

"In order to practice the human virtues, we need to make a sustained effort, since it is not easy to maintain a spirit of honesty and integrity for any length of time when faced with situations that seem to put our own safety at risk. Take truthfulness, a virtue so clean and pure. Can it be true that it has fallen into disuse? Has the practice of compromise, of 'gilding the pill' and 'putting on a show' finally triumphed? People are afraid of the truth and to justify their attitude they make the shabby excuse that no one practices or tells the truth any more, that everyone has to resort to pretend and lies."

St. Josemaría Escrivá