Reflection Starter from St. Claude de la Colombière

"How  can  we  help  our  neighbor?  By  prayer  and  good  works.  Preaching  is  useless  without  grace,  and  grace  is  only  obtained  by prayer. If conversions are few, it is because few pray. Prayer for souls is so pleasing to God, it is as though we asked a mother to forgive her son." - Saint Claude de la Colombière, whose memory the Church celebrates today (15 February)