[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we may lose the Church entirely in Europe. So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere.

But the blessed Bishop of Geneva taught his nuns another kind of prayer, which even the sick can make: to remain peacefully in the presence of God, manifesting our needs to Him with no other mental effort, like a poor person who uncovers his sores and by this means is more effective in inciting passers-by to do him some good than if he wore himself out trying to convince them of his need.

Things arrange themselves with time. Only God can have everything to His liking; His servants should act as Our Lord did.

Far from rejecting such a good man as you, He never even abandons a wicked man who hopes for His mercy.

Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.

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

You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than one which embraces at the same time contemplation and action, as does yours, by God's grace.