Letter 1618. To Mother Paule Jévonyme Favrot

To Mother Paule Jévonyme Favrot, Superior at Nancy. [Annecy, 1639.] Vive > Jésus! My dear Daughter,—May the sweet and lovable Saviour be our eternal consolation and the sole love and glory of our hearts! Your letter, by which I see the good state of your community, has been a great comfort to me. I bless God for it with all my heart. Oh, how happy are those virtuous souls, walking as they are, so peacefully and simply, in the way of their holy vocation and bringing in no foreign element! I praise and thank our divine Saviour that with this desire He has imbued nearly all the daughters of the Visitation; it is one of the strong proofs of possessing its spirit. I have then but to wish our very dear sisters, your daughters, holy perseverance in the desire for profound humility and gentleness of heart—the two cherished virtues of the Institute.