What is all comes down to is that we all MUST have a personal spiritual relationship with Jesus.
On wanting physical proof: Our Lady doesn't work in a post office, She doesn't mail out letters every day.
On what it means to be a christian: Do you want to live your life like a burning lamp, or an extinguished one?.
To pastors: The Confessional is not a 'torture chamber'
The Sacrament of the Eucharist is not a 'magic rite'
And, one of my all time favorites: Don't live the faith as if it were a non-stop funeral.