God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.

You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.

Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.

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.

Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call.

Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.