Note to prepare steps to be taken before approaching the French Ambassador in Rome (1st December 1883)
Most Holy Father, they all share one desire: to advance on a sign from Your Holiness to dedicate themselves to the salvation of these poor nonbelieving peoples, bring them the Word of Life that they have not yet heard and die in serving them, knowing that those who give up everything they possess on earth for Our Lord will receive the hundredfold even here below in consolations and graces and then life eternal.