"We should all have in ourselves the disposition and desire to
suffer for God and for our neighbor and to wear ourselves out for
that. Oh, how happy they are to whom God gives such dispositions and
desires. Yes, we should be completely for God and for the service of
the people. We should give ourselves to God to that end and wear
ourselves out for that and give our lives to that end. We must strip
ourselves bare, so to speak, in order to put on the new man. At least
we should desire to be so disposed if we are not so already: to be
ready and disposed to come and go according to God's pleasure,
whether it be the Indies or elsewhere. Finally, we should be willing
to devote ourselves to the service of our neighbor and to extend the
rule of Jesus Christ in souls. And I myself, old and infirm as I am,
should not cease to be disposed, yes, even to set out for the Indies
to win souls for Christ, even if I should die on the way or aboard
ship" (XI, 402).
