In all may God be our goal and end, our highest good, in whom we find all that makes us content and truly happy. Both these mandates, so important for us, can only be accomplished if we follow him. He invites us so cordially to follow him. If Jesus is the treasure of our hearts, we will always love to be with him. In the religious state we can, free from all bonds, give ourselves to God and our vocation wholly with undivided hearts.
Obedience is both the way and the means to reach the goal.
Do not be content with practicing obedience literally and externally only, but do all in spirit and in truth. The spirit of poverty is also the spirit of our order. If we depart from it, dear sisters, our congregation will decline. I am not in the world to strive for temporal happiness, renown, and fame or to live capriciously and comfortably, but to seek God. I can trust.