I must not let the first month of the year pass without sending you my greetings and the assurance of my constant prayers for you, wishing you always every blessing and spiritual happiness. But I warmly recommend that poor heart of yours, to you. Take care to render it daily, more and more pleasing to our most sweet Savior, and see to it that the present year is more fertile in good works than the last, as, with the same speed with which the years pass by and eternity becomes closer, we must redouble our courage and raise our spirit to God, serving Him with greater diligence in everything that our vocation and Christian profession require of us. St. Padre Pio (Letters III, p. 491)