For we begin to be Christians living in the grace of God only if we are honest even when it is no longer the best policy, and we exercise
our true apostolate precisely when we appear to be stupid and without much social prestige.
Neverthe less it remains
true, indeed it is of decisive importance, that the most essential lay
apostolate consists in the fulfilment of one's family, professional, and of course also one's civic duties.