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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]