Another Swiss catholic also led the good fight for the faith. Marguerite Bays was a humble lay person, whose life was hidden with Christ in God (cfr Col 3, 3). It is the matter of a very simple woman, with an ordinary life, in whom each one of us may find ourselves. She did not achieve extraordinary things, and, yet, her existence was one long silent march on the path to saintliness.

In the Eucharist, « the height of her day », Christ was her nourishment and her strength. Through the meditation of the mysteries of the Saviour, especially the mystery of the Passion, she reached transformative unity with God.

Some of her contemporaries found that her long moments in prayer were a waste of time. But, more her prayer was intense, more she approached God and more she was devoted to serving her brethren. For, only he who prays really knows God and, by listening to the heart of God, he is also close to the heart of the world.

Thus we discover the important place of prayer in secular life. It does not drive one away from the world. On the contrary, it enlarges the internal being, it opens one to forgiveness and fraternal life.

The mission lived by Marguerite Bays is the mission which behoves to each Christian.

In catechism, she endeavoured to present to the children of her village the message of the Gospel, using words that the young could understand. She devoted herself generously to the poor and the sick.

Without leaving her country, she had nevertheless an open heart towards the dimensions of the universal Church and the world. With the missionary spirit which characterised her, she implanted in her parish the Propagation of the faith and of the Holy Childhood.

In Marguerite Bays, we discover what Our Lord did to make her achieve saintliness: she walked humbly with God, in accomplishing each action in her daily life with love.

Marguerite Bays encourages us to make of our existence a path of love. She also reminds us of our mission in the world: to announce the Gospel in time and in setbacks, in particular to the young. She invites us to help them to discover the greatness of the sacraments of the church. In effect, how will the young of today be able to recognise the Saviour on their journey, if they are not introduced to the Christian mysteries? How will they be able to approach the Eucharistic table and the sacrament of forgiveness if nobody enables them to discover their richness, as Marguerite Bays knew how to do?