Letter 108
From Quebec to her son. 18 September 1647.
She tells him that God wishes to lead him and her as well by way of privation and Gospel Maxims.

My dear and well-beloved son,

I am writing a word to you by a ship that is leaving in advance of the others to assure you I received the packet with all your letters with the consolation that you can imagine. By my other letters I am giving you all the satisfaction you ask for so that you may stop complaining in a way that my affection for you cannot bear.

A long time ago, my dear son, I decided that God’s design for you and for me is that we would not see each other again in this world except in the way Our Saviour ordains in the Gospel,  that is in losing ourselves. If we lose ourselves as we ought we will find ourselves in the delights of Him who so lovingly has made us practise the Gospel maxims. We shall have all eternity to see and talk to each other. This is what my soul desires. I am looking forward incessantly to that last hour that will detach me from everything that now separates me from our Sovereign Good whom we cannot enjoy perfectly and at ease in this world.

As for my health, it is good enough, thanks be to Our Lord and I hope that your voice is as strong and as good as mine to be able to tell others the lights which God has given you. I am consoled to hear that He has blessed your studies and given you piety as well. I daren’t ask you if God has raised you to the honour of priesthood, it is you who will tell me. Let us live dispossessed of all things as becomes our state, and let us desire nothing except in the Divine Will of our most Loving Spouse, that is the most perfect for us. This short note is only to bring you a little consolation in advance, if our letters do console you. Rather let us seek consolation in Him, “who is the Father of Mercies and God of all consolation”.

From Quebec. 18 Sept 1647.
p. 121-122.