XLV. To St. Francis de Sales.
London Visitation Nuns (Harrow translation
Vive ✠ Jésus!
Paris, August, 1621.
Pray much, my incomparable Father, for the Archbishop of Bourges,[A] and ask our Sisters to pray for him. What is this storm after all in comparison with the sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion? I beseech His divine Majesty, to which I have consecrated myself, to let my brother's part in this affair serve entirely for His glory, and I doubt not but that it will be so. The doctor was thunderstruck when they told him that Mgr. of Bourges had been removed and M. N. given the Archbishopric. He speaks of nothing but the universal affection of the people of Bourges for our good Archbishop, who feels this blow though he has taken it in his usual good-natured way. You who know him can understand how detrimental the change will be to the poor and to the religious Houses, to both of whom he has been such a benefactor. Our Sisters will not be the least sufferers, for he loved them much and was extremely good to them. A word from you would be an immense consolation to him.
May the sweet Jesus fill your heart with His most pure love, and may we eternally repose in Him. Amen.