"We have
to value the few talents God has placed in our hands. If we are
faithful in the little things, he will place us over greater things…
The spirit of the world is restless and likes to do all sorts of
things. Let us put aside this worldly spirit. Let us not follow our
own paths, but rather let us follow the paths God points out to us.
Let us offer ourselves to him so that we might do everything and
suffer everything for his glory and for the edification of his
Church." (Letter to Guillaume Desdames, April 25, 1659, O.C., VII,
438)
