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

I have made to God the offering you made to me of your heart and have asked him to unite mine with yours in that of Our Lord.

Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.

So, our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but all over the world; and do what? To set people's hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love.

It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.

Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.

You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must find your consolation in Our Lord, who could prevent this misfortune and who is not doing so.