一個小小的美德、一個發自內心的祈禱、一件無人看見的善事、一個思想、一個內心的定志、一個愛天主的內在行為、一場屬靈爭戰的勝利……這些在多數情況下都是瞬間的事，但賞報卻是永恆的。(APD56, 120) A small act of virtue, a little prayer said from the heart... a good work done without anyone seeing it; a thought, an inner desire, an act of inner love of God, an inner battle won are, for the most part, things of the moments and yet the reward is eternal (APD56, 120).
假使天主要我們祈禱，那麼祂必定會回應我們，因為祂是信實的天主；祂渴望聆聽我們。如果祂親自教導我們要祈求……也就表示祂想聆聽我們，祂已為我們準備了恩寵，為每個人準備了恩典。所以，我們要懷著堅忍的信心，向祂祈禱。(APD56, 122) If the Lord has promised, if he has commanded to pray, he therefore wants to hear us; he wants to listen to us. And if he himself taught us to ask ... it is a sign that he wants to listen to us, that he has prepared graces for us, graces for everyone. […]
我們有時被困難嚇跑，是因為我們忘記了天主從未要求達不到的事情。當祂命令時，祂是讓我們做能力所及的事；而對於我們以為辦不到的事情，則要請求祂的幫忙。妳們懇求祈禱吧！(APD56, 123) We are sometimes frightened by difficulties, but this depends on forgetting that the Lord does not command impossible things, but while he commands, he orders us to do what we can and ask for what we cannot. Ask. Pray (APD56, 123).
愛德，也就是天主的愛，吸納了所有的定志，綜合了一切的美德，這是終點。我們內在的聖殿是建立在信德之上，在望德中興起，在愛德內完成和實現。如果信德是地基，望德是建築物的圍牆，那麼愛德就是完工的成屋。(APD56, 131) Charity, the love of God, which absorbs and includes all the other resolutions, synthesizes all the other virtues, is the point of arrival. Since the spiritual building is based on faith, is raised on hope and is fulfilled and completed with charity. If faith is the foundation, hope forms the walls of the […]
