He was so deeply moved that his feelings of personal unworthiness, as a priestly minister, were often visible.

Everything about the celebration was prepared with exquisite care and he transmitted these same feelings to others, so much so that students and teachers who could participate considered it a special grace.

In 1934 Poveda reminded the members of the Teresian Association that the first vocation to the Work was his, which emerged in Guadix, and that Saint Teresa had always accompanied him throughout the foundational endeavor. (...)  

From this period (twenty years) also comes the mystique of the Cross with the Crucified as the center. From the Crucifix of the educator of the early days he turns to the Crucifix as “strength, power, and treasure.” Look at the Crucifix and act according to the crucifix to the point of giving one’s life. A photograph of Pedro Poveda praying before the crucifix on his worktable offers the experience that he conveyed to the Teresian family.  

A year before his death, during Holy Week of 1935, Pedro Poveda offered a number of reflections to members of the Association on meekness, which today we would translate as nonviolence, centered in the contemplation of the Passion of Christ. These constitute his testament signed with his blood."