Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods; may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!

If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.

I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you.

God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist temptation vigorously, with special confidence in the assistance of His Divine Goodness. Courage then, Monsieur. Be faithful to Him, and the Divine Goodness will be favorable to you.

... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.

Man's condition is never the same; he is humbled, then exalted; sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted; enlightened today and plunged into darkness tomorrow. What is to be done? As I said, let us be prepared for whatever may happen.