The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India… has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India… has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.