Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.

I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.

Ultimately, Monsieur, we must go to God per infamiam et bonam famam [whether spoken of well or ill], and His Divine Goodness is merciful to us when it pleases Him to allow us to encounter blame and public contempt. I am sure you have borne patiently the embarrassment you experienced because of what has happened. If the glory of the world is nothing but smoke, the contrary is a solid good, when it is accepted in the right way. I hope that great good will come to us from this humiliation.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.

You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time

I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.

...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons.