The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.

If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.