"We must be like the shepherds in the fields during winter. They have a fire, and go about searching for sticks to keep it alive and burning brightly. If we knew how to keep up the fire of the love of God in our souls by prayer and good works, it would not go out."

--Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, "Catechetical Illustrations from Nature", in The Spiritual Treasury of Ars, by Msgr. H. Convert.