Quote from "A Year with John Paul II"

September 20
Listen to Your Inner Voice

All of you are bidden to give hope to humanity by transforming it from within by the force of the gospel. Some of you will fulfill this call by founding a Christian home, which will become a missionary cell. Others will feel drawn to live in chastity, poor and available to others in the religious life, to radiate the Beatitudes. Others again will be ready to consecrate their life as deacons or as priests to lead the people of God on its journey. Today, to each one of you, the Virgin addresses an important piece of advice, as she did at Cana when the wine ran low at the wedding: “Whatever he tells you, do it” (John 2:5). So that your life may retain a taste of the feast, be dynamic and joyful in the service of others. Seek to carry out what Christ asks of you; answer with Mary’s “fiat”’ “I am the servant of the Lord” (Luke 1:38).

Radio Address to a Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, August 15, 1988