Simplicity, without any secrets

As I have told you, you should live your loving dedication to the Lord with simplicity and discretion. You ought to be forewarned against the aggressive curiosity of some people and treat with great refinement everything that refers to those private matters of your apostolic life.

Even though I realize it is not necessary for you, because you know very well the spirit that God asks us to live, I wish to give you a piece of advice. Discretion is neither mystery nor being secretive; it is, simply, naturalness. In the Work we have never had, nor will we ever have, any secrets, because, I insist, we do not need them.

I abhor secrets. When on occasion a person has come to me and said, “I am going to speak to you in secret,” I have responded, “Well, get on your knees, as I don’t like any secret other than that of the sacrament of penance. If you want to, you can confide in a friend and a gentleman; otherwise, on your knees and in Confession.”