That our vow of poverty may lead us to live in complete dependence on our religious superiors in the use and disposition of material goods as well as the renouncing of at least the administration of our own patrimony. (Art. 20)
For the Church, for our Holy Father and our local Ordinary.
Today I desire with all my heart to live a life of Christian perfection...But why do I continue to fall... Why do I set aside so little time to make the thorough examination of conscience I ought to be making... (Paris, 1/8/1836)