"I cannot at all believe and therefore dispense you from meditation for the soul reason that you feel you gain nothing from it. The holy gift of prayer, my good daughter, is the right hand of the Savior, and to the degree to which you are emptied of yourself, that is, emptied of love of body and your own will and that you continually become more well-rooted in holy humility, the Lord will communicate this to your heart."  St Pio of Pietrelcina