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We therefore thought to begin by giving them a signal mark of deference and make ourselves, so to speak, similar to them by adopting their external way of life, their clothing, their food, their nomadic life, and their language. In brief, it was to be ‘all things to all men’ to win them for Jesus Christ.

But you are sufficiently aware of your inadequacy and weakness to know that you can do nothing without the constant help of Our Lord and His Divine Mother.

As for me, I am content to certify that the priest I have chosen for the services of the Government and of the Most Reverend Vicar Apostolic is trustworthy in virtue of his faith and integrity.

The sacrifice has been accomplished, the ties have been broken and I belong only to you. I only hope for one joy alone and that is to bring you the heavenly gifts and see you accept them.

It would no longer simply be the expression of the Doctor of Carthage, ‘Blood of martyrs, seed of Christians’; the blood of your sons from then on was visibly the inexhaustible source of the African apostolate!