A brief address on those occasions would not be mistimed, wherein a judicious instructor would take the opportunity of referring to the sufferings of the primitive Christians; to the torments of martyrs; to the exhortations of our blessed Lord Himself, calling upon His disciples to take up their cross and follow Him; to His warnings that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God; to His divine consolations, "If ye suffer hunger or thirst for My sake, happy are ye."
On pourrait leur répéter ces mots du Christ: «L'homme ne vit pas seulement de pain, mais de toute parole sortant de la bouche de Dieu». Puis aussi cette consolante sentence: «Heureux ceux qui souffrent la faim et la soif pour l'amour de moi!»