From Padre Pio The Wonder Worker

Prayer is the best weapon we possess, the key that opens the heart of God. Have patience and persevere in the holy exercise of meditation; be content to begin with small steps til you have legs to run, better still wings to fly. Be content to be obedient, which is never a small thing for a soul which has chosen God for its portion. And be resigned to be, for the present, a little bee in the hive which will soon become a large bee capable of making honey. Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer. Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief of how precious is our soul.