Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.

Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal.

To humanity, which sometimes seems to be lost and dominated by the power of evil, selfishness and fear, the risen Lord gives the gift of His love which forgives, reconciles and reopens the soul to hope.

Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith in Christ, and act of love for Christ. And every sign of the cross and gesture of respect made each time you pass a church is also an act of faith.

The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.