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*190. - “Demos gracias a Dios: ya el Señor y su Santísima Madre se han dignado aceptar las primicias de los mártires. Yo deseaba muchísimo ser el primer mártir de la Congregación, pero no he sido digno, otro me ha ganado la mano. Doy el parabién al mártir y santo...

“Let us give thanks to God: already the Lord and his Blessed Mother have very kindly accepted the first fruits of the martyrs. I very much wanted to be the first martyr of the Congregation, but I have not been worthy, another one has won the hand. I praise the martyr...

On reaching the Gulf of Damas, (travelling to Cuba) I began conducting a mission on deck. Everyone on board attended it, passengers and crew, from captain to cabin boy, and everyone went to confession and received Communion on the general Communion day. We were on...

“…my honourable Prelate D. Luciano Casadevall called me aside and gave me the letter of your Excellency and the appointment from the Minister for the Archdiocese of Cuba. Your Excellency, you cannot form an idea of the pain that broke my heart as this appointment does...