I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!

I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk of their lives! They are like unrefined gold, which becomes visible in fire and which would otherwise remain hidden under ordinary actions and sometimes under faults and failings.

Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.

That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters.

. . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.

It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.