DuBois, Father John, Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Catherine Josephine Seton, St. Joseph's, Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1818 December 22

Josephine's request will be cheerfully granted. Daily he shares his "Little" with "our boys." He will offer the tears of the Infant and his dying blood for these two precious souls. He urges Josephine and her tearful mother, Elizabeth Seton to unite their communion to his offering. Two sacrifices of the purist victim, a virgin's innocence, one's sufferings for charity, a mother's tears will be powerful with God. When she comes to the mountain again she must, he says, pick out what suits her. He now sends her the "Expedition to Russia," which reveals what was endured for worldly ambition. They would be very rich if they would undergo only half as much for heaven. He suggests they use the aspiration of St. Francis of Sales. "Vive Jesus, mon Enfant." :: II-1-a A.L.S. 1p. 24mo., 2