"In all your deeds and words you should look upon Jesus as your model. Do so whether you are walking, keeping silence, or speaking, whether you are alone or with others, He is perfect, and thus yo0u will be not only irreprehensible, bu praiseworthy.:" St. Bonaventure

St. Paul gives us the same message.in his Letter to the Colossians. "Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Yes, this is an ideal, but it is one that will bring us into a deeper relationship with the Lord of our lives. For if we can't say or do something in the name of Jesus, it has no eternal value. It may have negative value. If Jesus is our Lord, then we should be choosing to say and do what reflects his centrality in our lives. In this way, sin becomes less a reality in our lives. Instead, virtue becomes more important.