主啊，我信靠祢！請使我的信德更堅強。主啊，我仰望祢！請使我的望德更肯定。主啊，我愛慕祢！請使我的愛德更熱忱！主啊，我痛悔己罪，請使我更懷著懺悔之心。（BM, 30） I believe, O Lord, but let me believe more firmly! I hope, O Lord: but let me hope more surely! I love, O Lord: but make me love more ardently! I repent, O Lord: but make me repent more and more (BM, 30).
聖經的出版品應是牧靈性的，稱之為「牧靈」，因為它們是由具備使徒之心的人所預備，以「牧靈的形式」呈現，以牧靈的角度選擇題材，價格盡量親民；用「牧靈」一詞，因為是針對所有人靈。（AE, 183） Biblical publications should be pastoral. Pastoral because they are prepared by apostolic-minded people, pastoral in appearance, pastoral in the choice of notes and, insofar as possible, in their low cost; pastoral in that they are addressed to all people (AE, 183).
如果你想使人閱讀聖經產生效力，你必須引導他們懷著渴望與耶穌基督、與天主的恩賜相遇的態度來閱讀聖經：抱持著謙遜、信心、祈禱和改變生活的期望來閱讀。（AE, 184） If one wants that Scripture reading be productive in people it is necessary to guide them to read the Holy Book with the lively desire to meet Jesus Christ, God’s gift; to read it in humility, faith and prayer, and with the desire to change their life (AE, 184).
使徒的目標不單只為了人在能力方面的完善，而是要整個人的圓滿，也就是：成為理智、意志和情感充沛的人，同時展露出要相信的真理、要遵循的道路，以及對天主恩賜的渴慕，以能相信並按照自己的召叫而行事。（AE, 222） What the apostle has to aim for is to perfect not just one of the human faculties, but the whole human person gifted with intellect, will and feeling, while at the same time setting out for oneself the truth to be believed, the way to be followed and the means to acquire God’s […]
聖人是天主的朋友，也是我們的朋友，他們很樂意向我們伸出援手，這是為了天主更大的光榮，也是為了支持他們的弟兄姊妹——也就是我們——因為他們看到我們的處境，他們感同身受。（AE, 274） Since the saints are friends of God and ours, too, they are glad to help us contribute to God’s greater glory and to support us, their brothers and sisters, seeing our plight and recognizing that it was once theirs (AE, 274).
使徒作家的任務是向一般群眾講話，對他們傳遞有關永生的信仰、倫理與敬禮。（AE, 275） The task of the apostle-writer is to address the simple people, the masses, to communicate to them the faith, morals and Catholic worship, with regard to eternal life (AE, 275).
