From one Catholic student to another

One of my favourite contemporary "saints" (although he hasn't been canonized yet) is Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. I can relate to him in many ways. He truly is someone the John Paul II generation can look to and see that attaining holiness is still possible in our contemporary society. Not only is it possible, we're called to it. It's our universal vocation. In the climate of our society today Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's words have great relevance.

“In this trying time that our country is going through we Catholics and especially we students, have a serious duty to fulfill: our self-formation. [...] We, who by the grace of God are Catholics... must steel ourselves for the battle we shall certainly have to fight to fulfill our program and give our country, in the not too distant future, happier days and a morally healthy society, but to achieve this we need constant prayer to obtain from God that grace without which all our prayers are useless; organization and discipline to be ready for action at the right time; and finally, the sacrifice of our passion and of ourselves, because without that we cannot achieve our aim.”

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Ora Pro Nobis.