Mother Maddalena was far ahead of her time in the way she instructed the Sisters to pay attention at Mass. [It was at that time said quietly, and in Latin, so many people read books, prayed prayers out loud, or said the rosary during Mass.] One Sister who lived with her commented: She instructed us that holy Mass is one of our principal meditations. She constantly instructed us never to use the book or beads, but to talk heart to heart with our Lord as if we were at the foot of Calvary.