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Letter to the Missionaries and Children of the Apostolic School of St Laurent d’Olt (29th December 1874)
What use are the years that cannot be counted for heaven? They pass too quickly and leave only a bitter memory, when they have not been used for God!

Letter to the Office of the Propagation of the Faith (December 1884)
Care of the sick – The missionaries in the Sahara and in Kabylia put into practice the apostolate Our Lord practised and which he recommended to the apostles: cure the sick and say: the Kingdom of Heaven has come. They have a many patients. The average number who come each day asking for treatment varies between 40 and 50.

Letter to the Office of the Propagation of the Faith (December 1884)
I told you how, when we left to make our retreat, our dear children and their parents had accompanied us for a good part of the journey. They were all in tears, since they thought that, despite our assurances, we were not coming back.