From a letter of the Founder to Sister Gabriel de la Barre, speaking of himself in the third person: "There are those who want to harm him and God who wants him on the cross so that he can experience its sweetness. I am close enough to him to know what he thinks. He sees in all this the path trod by the saints, when they undertook some work for the glory of God. You know the zeal he has!." (B.P. 173).

Brothers and sisters make a vow to the Blessed Virgin, interceding for the liberation of those taken prisoner by the Commune.