Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him

You go to pray; to become a bonfire, a living flame, giving light and heat.

'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more than yesterday I want to try to prove it.' But you have to cut out sin courageously from the root, as the holy Bishop of Hippo did.

To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.

So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle.

Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you'll be faithful.

Among us there is no place for the lukewarm. Humble yourself, and Christ will kindle in you again the fire of love.