Mary Paulina Finn

“ I will pray for all those who are dear to you; that so the day may come when we shall all unite in praising the Majesty of the Creator, in rejoicing in His glory and in celebrating His infinite mercies in triumphant songs of joy for all eternity. ”

“ I would also further say, that in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins and to secure eternal life, the work that is most efficacious thereto is the charity shown towards poor children, uni ex minimis, to the very least of them all, the poorest and most friendless of the poor, as Jesus our Divine Master and Lord has Himself assured us. ”

“ I do not wish you to thank me when I give an alms to your poor children; it is I who ought to thank you for coming to ask me for it. Since the day on which I first began to assist your orphans, my fortune has become double what it was before. ”

“ You, in fact, have efficiently assisted me in giving a Christian education to a -multitude of poor children, and in placing them in the path of virtue and honorable toil; enabling them to become a consolation to their families, to be useful to themselves and to society at large ”

“ He who is now writing to you, and all the Salesians as well, can bear witness that many of our benefactors, whose means hitherto were very limited, have found their circumstances gradually improve, when they set themselves, with a generous charity, to succour with their alms our orphan children ”