You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!…live in grace, abide in His love, putting into practice the whole moral law, nourishing your soul with the Body of Christ, taking advantage of the Sacrament of Penance periodically and seriously. Always feel ready to love, to assist, to help-in the family, at work, at recreation-those who are near and those who are far away. Also consider, with seriousness and generosity, whether the Lord might not also be calling some of you.

You will hear people tell you that your religious practices are hopelessly out of date, that they hamper your style and your future, that with everything that social and scientific progress has to offer, you will be able to organize your own lives and that God has played out his role. Even many religious persons adopt such attitudes, breathing them in from the surrounding atmosphere without noticing the practical atheism that is at their origin.