. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which others can be tormented. . . . Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil.

[M]ay you be more advanced in the school of solid virtue, which is practiced in an excellent way in the midst of suffering, and which keeps good servants of God in fear when they have nothing to suffer!

...Omit nothing which can advance his work, and not blame others for the delay.

Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.

Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.

It is no wonder you are tempted; on the contrary, it would be something new if you were not, because man's life is nothing but temptation, and no one is exempt from it, especially those who have given themselves to God; his own Son even passed through this trial. But if it is necessary for everyone, it is also a source of merit for those to whom God grants the grace of turning all things to good, as you do.

In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God.