List of points

Don’t place obstacles in the way of grace. You need to be convinced that in order to be leaven you must become a saint, and must struggle to identify yourself with Him.

Mary’s humble song of joy, the Magnificat, recalls to our minds the infinite generosity of the Lord towards those who become like children, towards those who abase themselves and are sincerely aware that they are nothing.

God Our Lord wants you to be holy, so that you can make others holy. For this to be possible you need to look at yourself with courage and frankness; you need to look at the Lord Our God; then, and only then, you need to look at the world.

Whenever sanctity is genuine, it overflows from its vessel to fill other hearts, other souls, with its superabundance.

We, the children of God, sanctify ourselves by sanctifying others. Is Christian life growing around you? Consider this every day.

If you follow faithfully the promptings of grace, you will yield good fruit, lasting fruit for the glory of God.

—To be a saint necessarily entails being effective, even though the saint may not see or be aware of the results.

You must not destroy the souls of your fellow human beings through your neglect or your bad example.

—In spite of your passions, you have a responsibility for the Christian life of your neighbour, for the spiritual effectiveness of everyone, indeed for their very sanctity.