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“Work with vigilance, simply and naturally, without anxiety, with joy and happiness, with a good disposition. And then divine grace will come.”

“And there is a further gain. When you are assigned many tasks, you learn how to do everything in your area of work and you become more responsible. You learn things that perhaps will be required later. If tasks you are assigned are beyond your abilities, you can always say politely, 'Excuse me, but I am unable to do this task.' But equally you can say nothing, and all the effort you make will be for your good.”

“If it happens, for example, that you are given tasks to do that fall outside the remit of your duties it is not right for you to protest and become irritated and complain. Such vexations do you harm. Look on all things as opportunities to be sanctified.“

“A person can become a saint anywhere… At your work, whatever it may be, you can become saints-through meekness, patience and love. Make a new start every day, with new resolution, with enthusiasm and love, prayer and silence—not with anxiety so that you get a pain in the chest.”

“On the contrary, constant effort, movement, work and activity are a virtue. Physical exertion is a struggle, a spiritual struggle. The more thoughtless you are, the more you are tormented. On the contrary, the more scrupulous and careful you are, the happier you are.”

“Laziness is a very bad thing. Indolence is an illness; it is a sin. God does not want us to be indolent. Can you live in idleness and ill discipline? You say, 'I forgot to close the door on leaving the room', for example. What does 'I forgot' mean? You should remember and pay attention!”

“Do everything simply and meekly. Do nothing with an ulterior mo-tive. Don't say ‘I’ll do this in order to have that result', but do it naturally, without taking cognizance of it. That is, pray simply and don't think about what God will bestow on you soul.”

“Let all your strength be turned to love for God, worship of God and adhesion to God. In this way your release from evil and from your weaknesses will happen in a mystical manner, without your being aware of it and without exertion.”

“Do not choose negative methods to correct yourselves. There is no need to fear the devil, hell or anything else. These things provoke a negative reaction. I, myself, have some little experience in these matters. The object is not to sit and afflict and constrict yourself in order to improve. The object is to live, to study, to pray and to advance in love — in love for Christ and for the Church.”

“Don’t occupy yourself with rooting out evil. Christ does not wish us to occupy ourselves with the passions, but with the opposite.”

“You won’t became saints by hounding after evil. Ignore evil. Look towards Christ and He will save you.”

“All matters are sorted out with prayer. But your prayer must be en-dued with love and fire. You mustn't have anxiety, but trust in God's love and providence.”

“Prayer is beneficial for everything, even for the simplest of things.”

“Pray to God with love and yearning, in tranquility, with meekness, gently and without forcing yourself.” And when you repeat the prayer ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me’, say it slowly, humbly, gently and with divine love. Pronounce the name of Christ with sweetness.”

“Pray for God to reveal to you the ‘unseen’ things. There is much that we do not know. Say to Christ, ‘Whatever You want. Whatever Your love desires.’ He will lead you. Look to Him.”

“Aspire always for the glory of God.”

“Give yourself over to the worship of God in secret. But be careful!”

“A single seductive thought, ‘I have really made progress’, for example, brings everything to naught. Why should we be proud? We have nothing that is our own.”

“Force, therefore, is not the way to acquire prayer. Pray without calculations, without ulterior motives, not in order to gain anything.”

“There is no point in making a hundred prostrations if they leave you unmoved. Make only twenty or fifteen, but with fervor and love for the Lord and in conformity with His divine commandments.”