Life is beautiful because everything is a manifestation of God’s benevolence

To live a simple, unpretentious life, happy to be who we are.

If the missionary is a man of faith, how many graces can he then obtain for himself and for the souls entrusted to him, how many graces can he store up to bring his projects to a successful conclusion, to make his apostolic endeavours prosper!

Missionary! A mysterious word which had the magical power of dispelling every uncertainty, of awakening better hopes.

Now we are twelve; this number reminds us of the twelve apostles and this must please Jesus. Didn’t he start with twelve fishermen? Well, we shall be the poor fisher women. M. Igilda

I wish … I could be a worthy apostle of my Lord. M. Igilda

The tiny seed was humbly sown and the grace of God made it fruitful.

What a terrible sickness this is Father! I ought not to think any more of the missions, of the missionaries. But then I would be really unhappy because I would have destroyed that which is greatest in me, most beautiful in the world; because I would have put off the very scope of my life.