Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.

. . . Practice teaching catechism and preaching. Missionaries must apply themselves to these tasks and although they do not accomplish them as successfully as others do, according to the opinion of men, it must be enough for them that they are doing the Will of God and perhaps producing more real fruit.

We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.

God has granted me today a very particular fondness for requesting of Him that same virtue of ever choosing the worst and that which is contrary to my own liking.

We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.

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