Dona Lucilia understood very well that the essence of human relationships lies in the affinity between souls and in the happiness that comes from giving to others and loving them, fulfilling with exactitude the principle stated by Our Lord: it is more blessed to give than to receive. This attitude shaped her spirit in such a way that one noticed in her a willingness to give of herself and to draw others into this relationship of souls to a degree that I have never known in anyone else. And to this was added a dignity and tranquillity, a serenity and resignation by which, if nothing worked out well, she would not become bitter, indignant, or reproachful; she did not take revenge or become saddened. This is just like the conduct of the Holy Church towards sinners.