Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.

St. Joseph was an ordinary sort of man on whom God relied to do great things. He did exactly what the Lord wanted him to do, in each and every event that went to make up his life.

The heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.

There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work.

Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.

When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph.

For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.