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L.S.J.M.J. 13 -8 (Dictated Letter) My dear daughter in Jesus Christ I regret for delaying so long in writing a few words to you My excuse, your charity will make you find...
L.S.J.M.J. 13 -9 The details you give me, my dear Daughter, prove to me that our good God is leading you by the way of privations, after making you feel his presence and tangib...
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO MADAME ELEANORE LABOULAIS Mistress General of the Institute Born Sept. 17,1829; Professed Sept. 14, 1855; Died Apr. 15, 1895 (16 Letters Dated 1853 to 1862) L.S.J.M.J. ...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -10 Madame Eleanore Please, dear Lady, pass this letter on to its address. You will know that the interest I have in young Flore is founded on the disposition...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -11 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ You know that my occupations and the state of my eye do not allow me to write as often as I wish. However, as you know,...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -12 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ The post that your Superiors have entrusted to you and the experience you have acquired, have allowed me to entrust t...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -13 I have received news of our good Madame Léontine, and I am pleased to tell you, my dear daughter in Jesus Christ, that I am edified by the sentiments of ...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -14 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ I am writing to you to get myself news of your Madame Superior, without exposing myself to the danger of bothering ou...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -15 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ I sympathize with you in your troubles, and I pray our good God to take pity on the poor sister who has come and upse...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -16 My very dear daughter in Jesus Christ I have delayed writing to you as I wanted to weigh up a little what I should decide to do as regards (erased). I...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -2 I think, my good young Lady, that you somewhat exaggerate your miseries. However, it seems to me that in the midst of your rather outlandish judgments of yours...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -3 It was with sweet pleasure, my dear Child, that I received the news of the deed so happily accomplished on the 14th of this month. It would have been pleasant ...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -4 My very dear daughter in Jesus Christ Your letter strengthens me in the opinion I expressed to you, that the Lord is destining you for a kind of life of fai...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -5 Since I am writing to your sister Mme Léontine, I shall address a few lines to you also, my dear daughter. I like to persuade myself that you are going courage...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -6 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ I like to think that the relief Mlle M. Louise is getting for you, will at last give you the time to study, as I so ardentl...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -7 I have only a few remarks to make to you, my dear daughter in Jesus Christ. You have no reason to worry about the state of your soul. Go forward with confidenc...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -8 A few words only, my dear daughter, to tell you that you can content yourself with what you are doing at present for your education, and to encourage you once ...
L.S.J.M.J. 14 -9 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ I am putting, with confidence, a third child into your hands. Take care of her as you are doing for the other two. Wishing ...
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO MADAME COLOMBE VERDUYN God -daughter of C. G. Van Crombrugghe Born July 16, 1811; Professed Aug. 29, 1832; Died Nov. 27, 1852 (36 Letters Dated 1831 to 1852) 15 -1 Mademoiselle, Your le...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -10 Dear Sister Thank you for your good wishes for my happiness, and for the prayers which accompanied them. I too ask God to grant you each day fresh graces,...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -11 Do not torment yourself any more, my dear Sister, with thoughts whatever they may be. The will alone can make good or bad the thoughts or actions of men. If ...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -12 The resolutions you have made, during your retreat, my dear Child, have given me real joy and I have thanked our good God for the lights he has communicated ...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -13 Dear Sister Colombe The office we have given your provisionally will not be for you a load, a burden; it is so sweet, so easy to talk of what one's he...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -14 Dear Sister Colombe I think you have taken the real means of correcting your defects of character; you must not talk too much about yourself, not even exa...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -15 Dear Sister Colombe Your case is terminated; this is now it happened: After acquainting myself with your letters and the opinion of the Dean, your confes...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -16 Dear Sister The more I examine your case, the more I admire the wise decision of the Bishop of Bruges. I am therefore at rest on that point; be at rest al...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -17 I have only the time to tell you that your difficulty does not merit worrying about. Forget it, and you will be freed from it. Be cheerful, and speak amicabl...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -18 I did not fail, my dear Child, to commend you to our heavenly Mother, yesterday on your birthday and the last day of the octave of that glorious assumption t...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -19 Your last letters, my dear Child, have given me great pleasure. I see that you are progres sing in the sweet way of confidence. That way is a safe one; do ...
15 -2 My dear Daughter I am pleased to learn that you are ready to carry your cross in imitation of our divine mo del. That disposition is all the happier, since it immediately places you in the company of the saints. However, I...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -20 Your letter, my dear Child, gave me the greatest satisfaction. Your feelings, the way of expressing them, spelling and even handwriting are all good. I t...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -21 My very dear daughter in Jesus Christ You did well to inform me of the matter about which you have just written to me. Send me all the letters in an envel...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -22 I am very pleased with your sentiments, my dear Child. Accept my thanks for the good wishes you sent me and go forward with simplicity and courage. Love the ...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -23 I approve your manner of treatment of Mlle Clara. You may go on with it; it is better than what I had thought I would have to prescribe with restrictions for...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -24 Be kind enough to tell me in complete confidence, my dear daughter, how the ma tters are going with the Ladies of Mary at Alost. It seems to me that the d...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -25 My very dear daughter in Jesus Christ I am still waiting for a reply from Ostend relative to your postulant of Assche. Here are my answers to your novice...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -26 My dear daughter in Jesus Christ You have acted rightly as regards Sr. Perpétue. She is a weak -headed and very vain person. If those ideas come back to he...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -27 Your last letter, my dear Child, gave me real satisfaction. May the good God be blessed for giving you the courage to overcome the difficulties that corrupt ...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -28 As I did not read your letter, my dear daughter, until long after receiving it, thinking it was a complimentary letter, I have not answered, as it was right ...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -29 I very much approve, my dear Child, of the fact that you have not entered into an explan ation of the causes of the woes you have experienced. Alas! it is al...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -3 My dear Sister I bless God for what he has done in your soul. Yes, my child, God loves you infinitely; love him too with all your might. God wants y...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -30 My dear daughter I am very pleased with what you have just written to me. It seems to me, you have taken the right steps both to get me the help I need an...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -31 You are right, my dear daughter; the Superiors are children of Adam just like those under them. But as Mme Marine is very sensitive because of her nervous, sl...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -32 Do not worry, my dear daughter, you will not be deprived of your children's statue, nor of the gifts the children gave to Mary. You gave me pleasure by s...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -33 Although I have to congratulate myself on the result of my journey that I at first thought would be rather useless, I persist in thinking, my dear daughter, ...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -34 You have wrongly interpreted my feelings, my dear daughter; you have weighed them in your balance, measured them according to your measure. Now, you know how...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -35 On my return from a trip to Mouscron on urgent business, I am sending the enclosed authorization, recommending you to send it back to me the day after to -mo...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -36 I willingly join you, my dear daughter, in thanking God for the favors he has deigned to grant you, during your pilgrimage, in this life, and especially for...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -4 My dear Sister I see more and more that God has designs of great mercy for you and that you, for your part, are trying to respond to his designs. Happy the s...
L.S.J.M.J. 15 -5 Dear Sister I am delighted to see your openness of heart and your firm will to love your divine Spouse with all your might. With that generous determination ...