"I think very often of you all, especially of the Good Mother whom I left so ill in Paris... Never forget that, next to God, we owe all to her. Her heart is as great as her thoughts; her soul has been in pain since she took upon herself the cross of Our Lord. Preserve the memory of her days which are so precious to the family because she upholds and watches over all. Her heart is the barque in which, in spite of storms, she carries all that pertains to the Congregation. The longer I live, the more I am convinced of this truth."