To Sister Maria Pia of Divine Love at the Convent of the Sisters Adorers in Innsbruck
E IX, 3996

He thanks her for her donation and promises to pray for the spiritual and temporal needs of her community — invites her to be at peace in her conscience.

Marseille, 20 March 1884

Very Rev. Sister Maria Pia,

Your letter dated 3/84 arrived today in one from Her Highness the Princess of Solms. I thank you infinitely for the charitable gift sent to us in coupons worth approximately L. 100, and our grateful poor young people will join me in many prayers and communions for the spiritual and temporal needs of yourself and of the entire Community.

Every day that I am able to celebrate, I will pray especially for you and for all the religious sisters and pupils of that community, that the good Lord may grant them health and holiness, peace, charity, and fervour to adore and love him here below hidden in the Eucharistic, and, by his grace, to enjoy him eternally in heaven.

In the meantime, you should remain calm about the affairs of your soul and always live abandoned to the Holy Will of God, with unlimited trust in his infinite mercy.

May the Lord bless you and may St Joseph always be your protector and that of your entire community, together with Jesus and Mary, and in their most holy hearts. Believe me when I respectfully profess that I am

Your most humble servant

Fr John Bosco