Consecration to the Holy Family

Without a life of prayer and contact with God, every apostolate is fruitless,  because it is God who makes effective what we do, what we say and the efforts we make. Hence, the Message tells us: “Pray and make sacrifices” so that through your prayers, your words, your example, your acts of self denial, your work and your charity, you will be able to help your brothers and sisters to get up again if they have fallen, to return to the right path if they have strayed away

from it, and to draw close to God if they are estranged from Him.

Quotes from Sr. Lucia's Calls regarding the Message of Fatima  (p.145)- with minor edits in some instances.