“ The Saviour of mankind had said, "Behold the heart that has loved men!" And His servant had only said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord!" But, according to His word, it was done, and the whole Christian world has this year been consecrated by its supreme Pontiff to that Adorable Heart which gives and asks love, and love only. From the faith, living in the heart of a nation's women, comes then the movement that is the nation's life,—for faith is life, and unbelief is death. The Revolution might well have fancied that it had killed that sacred germ of eternal life in woman's heart. ”

“ To God—thanks! To the friends of the Society—thanks! To the children of Eden—thanks! Soon, soon we shall be kneeling in that beautiful chapel, which is a visible and perpetual record of generous benefactors, signalized from the earliest to the latest days of Eden Hall, benefactors who rest beneath its fairest shrine; and others, sleeping, indeed, elsewhere, but bequeathing to our gratitude names that shine on tablets of bronze, and sound in hearts of fidelity. And then there are other benefactors, still living, to receive God's recompenses here below. ”

“ You have taught where they could never reach; you have relieved where they could never pass; you have solaced woes they could never hear; you have trained children whom they may never see; you have blessed homes they may never enter, and, in blessing others, you have been blessed! The Sacred Heart has guided you; it consecrates you in their consecration, and their thanks shall be to you as a testimony that you may offer before God, a proof that you have been the "Handmaids of the Lord, and that His Word has dwelt amongst you." ”