List of points

You enjoy an interior happiness and peace that you would not exchange for anything in the world. God is here. There is no better way than telling him our woes for them to cease being such.

Peace, and the joy which comes with it, cannot be given by the world.

—Men are forever “making peace” and forever getting entangled in wars. This is because they have forgotten the advice to struggle inside themselves and to go to God for help. Then He will conquer, and we will obtain peace for ourselves and for — our own homes, for society and for the world.

If we do things in this way, you and I will have joy, because it is the possession of those who conquer. And with the grace of God — who never loses battles — we will be able to count ourselves conquerors as long as we are humble.

As you very well know, you lose your peace when you consent in matters which entail unfaithfulness to your way.

—Make up your mind to be consistent and responsible in your behaviour!

“When Herod heard this,” (that the King had come to this earth), “he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.”

This is an everyday occurrence! We see the same thing happening now. In the face of God’s greatness, which shows itself in a thousand ways, there are always some people — sometimes even in positions of authority — who are troubled. It’s because they do not love God; because they have no real wish to meet him; because they don’t want to follow his inspirations, and so they become obstacles in God’s path.

—Be forewarned; carry on working, don’t worry, seek the Lord, pray… and he will triumph.

You can be sure of the following: the desire — shown by deeds! — to live like a good son of God brings permanent youthfulness and serenity, joy and peace.

Holiness is attained with the help of the Holy Spirit, who comes to dwell in our souls, through grace given us by the sacraments and as a result of a constant ascetical struggle.

My son, let us not have any false illusions about this. You and I — I will never tire of repeating it — will always have to struggle, always, until the end of our lives. So we will come to love peace, and we will spread peace around us, and we will receive our everlasting reward.

Persevere in prayer, as the Master told us. This point of departure will be your source of peace, of cheerfulness, of serenity, and so it will make you humanly and supernaturally effective.

You ask me, my child, what you can do to make me very pleased with you.

—If Our Lord is satisfied with you, then I am too. And you can know that He is happy with you, by the peace and joy in your heart.

A clear mark of the man of God, of the woman of God, is the peace in their souls: they have peace and they give peace to the people they have dealings with.

When you lose your peace and get nervous, it’s like not listening to reason.

At such times, one hears again the Master’s words to Peter as he sank among the waves of his own nerves and lack of peace: “Why did you doubt?”

Order will bring harmony to your life, and lead you to perseverance. Order will give peace to your heart, and dignity to your composure.