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L.S.J.M.J. 15 -6 Dear Sister I see that this rather roving imagination does not yet leave you entirely at rest. Yet, it is a strange, inconsistent mistress and does not dese...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -7 Dear Sister Colombe I have read with keen interest the letter you wrote to me. I see that you are on your guard against the surprises of the devil and that ...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -8 Dear Sister Colombe Your letters confirm me in the idea that I have already expressed to you, that our good God wants you to serve him with confidence and t...
Praise be J.M.J. 15 -9 am very pleased, my dear Sister, to learn from you yourself, that you are imperceptibly recovering from the indisposition that prevents you from taking your c...
LETTERS ADDRESS TO MADAME PAULINE D'HALLUIN Mistress General of the Institute Born March 23, 1846; Professed April 2, 1866; Died Oct. 17, 1942 (11 Letters: dated between 1862 and 1865) L.S.J.M.J. ...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -10 (Dictated letter) I thank you, Mademoiselle, for the charitable wish you sent me. I know the sincerity of your sentiments and your confidence in our holy ...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -11 You gave me great pleasure, my dear Child, by giving me a few details about your present feelings, and what you are setting yourself as the objective of all ...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -2 My dear Child I am not at all surprised that you slip into faults; I do not consider you as a perfect child, but as one having good dispositions to tend tow...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -3 I thank you, Mademoiselle, for the good wishes you sent me for my patronal feast day, and I pray our good God for the sentiments of filial piety your grateful ...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -4 I think, my Child that you are feeling the need to express your gratitude as regards the good things of every kind that the Lord is showering upon you. I mysel...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -5 Your letter, my dear Child, gave me great pleasure. I see that you understand better and better the favors the good God is preparing for you. To do the Holy wil...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -6 Mademoiselle I have weighed with the principles of Religion, the motives you have put before me according to which you are expecting a final decision on the...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -7 Your letter gave me the greatest pleasure. The good God is granting you great favors and he is giving you the special grace of understanding that it is out of...
(Dictated Letter) 16 -8 Mademoiselle All your last letters have given me much pleasure. I have seen in them what it is important for me to know as regards your dispositions, and I ...
L.S.J.M.J. 16 -9 (Dictated Letter) My dear daughter in Jesus Christ Your letter gave me the greatest pleasure. The generous sentiments with which you wish to give yoursel...
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO MADAME CLOTHILDE MINNE Vicar of the Institute; Superior of Coloma and Brussels Born Aug. 22, 1812; Professed July 18, 1833; Died Jan. 11, 1842 (50 Letters: Dated 1833 to 1841) Praise be J.M.J. ...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -1 My dear Sister Clothilde I take advantage of the present occasion in order to say a few words to you: Never forget what you owe to Jesus Christ, in taking c...
Praise be J.M.J 17 -10 You gave me my dear Sisters, heartfelt pleasure, eight days ago, and I have been feeling the good effects of it all this week. I have begun a novena in honor of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and St....
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -11 My dear Sister I had noticed that you had more trouble than ordinarily in bearing cheerfully the light, sweet yoke of Jesus Christ; but I attributed it to ...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -12 I applaud, my dear Sister, the efforts you have made, to get the time necessary for applying yourself in conformity with my desires. Take care now, to use th...
17 -13 (The end of the letter refers to two previous pages) Here, my dear Sister, is another matter: Sister Cecile has told me that your Reverend Mot her has been unwell, that she is having leeches, etc. You know my weakness on t...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -14 Reverend Mother Clothilde Your letter of the 15th reached me only yesterday. It seems to have had several stops before reaching Ghent; obviously it did no...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -15 Reverend Mother Clothilde I received your letter of the 6th the day before yesterday at Alost. I am pleased to see that you want to follow your star , an...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -16 Reverend Mother Clothilde The illness of our beloved Sister Aloÿse, which obliged me to travel to Brussels, is the reason why I have put off until this mom...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -17 My dear Reverend Mother I shall try and come to Malines next Monday; take the necessary steps to enable us to do a great deal of business in a short time....
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -18 My dear Reverend Mother Instead of Monday the 23rd, you are expected at the house of your very devoted F ather on Tuesday the 24th of the month. You will ...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -19 My dear Reverend Mother Clothilde You have received from Alost, with the globe, keys that had been handed to me for you, by Mlle Hage, and our Rev. Mother...
L.S.J.M.J. 17 -2 Your letter, my dear Child, whatever you say, gave me great pleasure. I like you to write to me with this simplicity in which I recognize the Daughters of Mary...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -20 Reverend Mother Clothilde I agree with you, and Mlle Alexandrine will return to your convent after her clothing, if it is the pleasure of the good God. T...
Praise be J.M.J 17 -21 Reverend Mother This day week, that is to say, Monday the 10th at 11 o'clock in the morning, Mo nsignor our Bishop will give confirmation to our pupil...
17 -22 (The top of the letter is cut off) Your two letters have given me great pleasure. You are quite right in saying that the kin dness of His Em. the Cardinal is a thing worthy of our liveliest gratitude. The letter you re...
L.S.J.M.J. 17 -23 Rev. Mother Clothilde I often make a mess when I do things in a hurry. It is the day after tomorrow, Friday, and not tomorrow, that the notary can come. ...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -24 Very dear daughter in Jesus Christ I thank you for the greetings you have just sent me on the occasion of the feast day of my patron, and I equally thank ...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -25 Reverend Mother Clothilde I have examined your plan of a new prospectus a little and sent it to Mme Vicar. I do not approve at all of your taste for imitating what others say. That sort o...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -26 Reverend Mother I put off answering you in the hope of doing so in person, but seeing myself in the midst of more or less urgent occupations, I do not kno...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -27 Madame Superior Clothilde Although the object of the request presented by all the Ladies of your convent of the Queen of Angels has already been achieved,...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -28 To Mme Clothilde My dear daughter in Jesus Christ Your letter has given me some details that pleased me very much: you have put me in a position to see...
L.S.J.M.J. 17 -29 Madame Superior Clothilde (name added) As the New Year period involves me in many occupations, I cautioned my spiritual Children, a year or even more ago,...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -3 My dear Sister Clothilde You have good reason to say that letters from my children give me great pleasure. Yes, my dear Clothilde, these letters please me g...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -30 Madame Superior Clothilde (Name added) I have received your letters. This is my reply to your last one: Mme Superior General is well. While awaiting the a...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -31 Madame Superior Clothilde (Name added) The novice we sent from Alost to Belleghem, or rather the lame postulant who, after receiving the veil at Belleghem...
Ghent, 28th July 1840 Praise be J.M.J. 17 -32 Madame Superior Clothilde (Name added) Here at last are my answers to the letters you send me at Malines. I hope they all know me...
L.S.J.M.J. 17 -33 Madame Superior Clothilde (Name added) It is a very pleasant piece of news that which informs me that you are getting more order and regularity in your cl...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -34 Madame Superior Clothilde I was not aware of your illness nor of the visit the Mme Superior General made to you. I am very pleased to learn from you yours...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -35 Madame Superior Clothilde I give thanks to God for the favors he is showering on your house, and congratulate you on being the fortunate objects of his bl...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -36 Madame Superior Clothilde I am delighted to learn that all your dear Sisters vie with each other to give you su bjects for satisfaction. I am counting on ...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -37 Your letter, my dear daughter, gave me real pleasure. It is sweet to me to learn from you rself that you are putting yourself in the hands of the Lord and re...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -38 Madame Superior I have learned with great joy that your mind is at rest and that you are abandoning yourself generously to the holy will of God. We are do...
Praise be J.M.J. 17 -39 The same day I received the letter enclosing your pious wish that I should solicit prayers from the Carmelites for your Reverend Mother; I made it my duty to ...
L.S.J.M.J. 17 -4 Do not be sad, my dear Child, whatever happens. Do not be afraid of a little trial or a little humiliation. These are means of reaching the heart of your Spous...