List of points

This is the only way to get to know Jesus: speak to him! You will always find in him a Father, a Friend, an Adviser, a Helper in all the noble deeds of your everyday life.

—And getting to know Him will give rise to Love.

You go on attending some classes daily, merely because in them you acquire a certain rather limited knowledge… How is it then that you are not constant in going to the Master, who is always ready to teach you the science of interior life, with its eternal content and savour?

What is a man or the greatest reward on earth worth compared with Jesus Christ, who is always ready to be with you?

To meditate for a while each day and be united in friendship with God is something that makes sense to people who know how to make good use of their lives. It befits conscientious Christians who live up to their convictions.

Those in love don’t know how to say good-bye: they are with one another all the time.

—Do you and I know how to love the Lord like this?

Haven’t you noticed how people in love dress to please one another by their appearance? —Well that is how you should tidy up and deck out your soul.

Grace, like nature, normally acts gradually. We cannot, properly speaking, move ahead of grace. But in all that does depend on us we have to prepare the way and co-operate when God grants grace to us.

Souls have to be encouraged to aim very high; they have to be impelled towards Christ’s ideal. Lead them to the highest goals which should not be reduced or made weaker in any way. But remember that sanctity is not primarily worked out with one’s own hands. Grace normally takes its time, and is not inclined to act with violence.

Encourage your holy impatience, but don’t lose your patience.

Is corresponding to divine grace, you ask, a matter of justice… or generosity…?

—It is a matter of Love!

“My affairs buzz around in my head at the most inopportune moments…”, you say.

That is why I have recommended you to try to establish some times for interior silence… and to guard your external and internal senses.

“Stay with us, it is towards evening…” The prayer of Cleophas and his companion was effective.

—How sad it would be if you and I were not able to “detain” Jesus who is passing by! What a shame not to ask him to stay!

I advised you to read the New Testament for some minutes every day, and to enter into each scene and take part in it, as one more of the characters. This is so that you incarnate the Gospel, so that it is “fulfilled” in your life… and “make others fulfil it”.

Once you used to “enjoy” yourself a lot. —But now that you bear Christ within you, your whole life has been filled with a sincere and infectious joy. That is why you attract other people.

—Get to know Him better, so that you can reach all people.