Consecration to the Holy Family

We must not think that, in order to respond fully to the implications of the Message and the precept of love, it is sufficient to avoid sin, in order not to offend God. This is undoubtedly the first step, but it is not enough. He is more than a Father to us: we offend Him by our coldness, our forgetfulness, our indifference and our carelessness; we are behaving in an ungrateful way towards Him, like someone who does not recognize his or her principle Benefactor, the One to whom we owe most.

Quotes from Sr. Lucia's Calls regarding the Message of Fatima  (p. 160) - with minor edits in some instances.