Letter 1894

LETTER 1894 [No date.] Vive > Jésus!

So, my dearest daughter, divine Providence has not been pleased to find funds for your foundation, any more than, for the most part, It has done for those we have made. Raise your eyes, I beseech you, to this great heavenly Father, and see the paternal care with which He has provided all things necessary for them, and that without any temporal endowment, but rather were we the laughingstock of everyone, the higher powers all in league against us. Yet the good Saviour sheltered us as little chickens under His wing, and nourished us, so that we lived in repose and security, drawing comfort from the thought that we had nothing but Him. And it seems to me, dear sister, that there is no contentment like unto that of resting all our care upon God. This I know has always been your great stay, and so do I hope, nay, firmly believe, that it will not be long before you experience the effects of this paternal Providence.

In candour I must tell you what consolation it gives me to know you are in this state, and amidst opportunities of practising the absolute and perfect confidence you ought to have in our good God. Cast all your carve upon Him and He will sustain yout Keep ever before your eyes those words of the Son of God: Seek first the kingdom of heaven, and all things necessary shall be given you.? Truth eternal has promised this, and is not that enough to keep usin security? The eyes of all hope in Thee, O Lord: and Thou givest them meat in due season. To conclude, dearest sister, had we but one morsel of bread we would share it with you, and if God does not come to your help in your little affairs we will receive you here, and that cordially.

Alas! how I pity your poor sister postulant who is so melancholy. After sin, the soul has no greater enemy than sadness. So you ought to devote yourself to keep our sisters cheerful and in contentment of mind. Thus will the burden of religion be light for them and all things made easy. Sincere affection and the kindness of a maternal heart can effect anything with a daughter. Yours, etc.