Writings of Mo. Marguerite Guillot
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Last Will and Letter of Mo. Marguerite to the Servants.pdf My very dear daughters in our Lord… Since I cannot leave you anything of my own, I will bequeath you as a precious heritage what our mutual Father has left us. If only I could have collected everything! Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1869 |
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Letter of Mo. Marguerite Guillot to a Novice.pdf My dear Sister, you are about to become a Novice today, on the glorious feast of Our Lady. You have a beautiful model in the Blessed Virgin Mary who entered the Temple as a novice to consecrate herself to the service of God for life. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1856 |
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The Love of Jesus and of His Cross.pdf I have never forgotten a thought that I read once and which did me so much good; it is, ͞Jesus is my love, my joy, and His Cross my delight, my peace.͟ Truly, could we not, each one of us, apply these words to ourselves, since it is for Him that we are here that we work, that we suffer, for without the love of Jesus which sustains us, we could not lead a life as painful to nature as ours is. But for Jesus and with Jesus, our souls accept all sacrifices; they Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1884 |
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Recommendations for the Religious Life.pdf The monthly retreat has passed; keep carefully in your hearts what you have heard and make of it the nourishment of your souls. Choose what suits you the best among all the good things that have been said to you; a single sentence, a single word sometimes can suffice. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1866 |
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Direction Subject to be Treated Therein.pdf Director is necessary for everyone, postulants, novices and professed; for the first, in order to form them in the religious life, for the latter, in order to advance ever further in perfection. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1866 |
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Recommendations for Recreations.pdf Personality differences are found everywhere and they always furnish occasions to practice charity. We are fifteen here and I assure you there are no two similar personalities. Well then, charity must unite them all in the most perfect unity. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1866 |
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Silence of Action.pdf My good daughters, at times your nature finds that the practices of the religious life, which are imposed on you, are very hard. Ah well! Understand that this suffering can become a source of great merit, that this continual sacrifice of your tastes, your liberty, can make you acquire true self-denial; and if you truly love our Lord, isn’t that a cause to rejoice since you prove your love for Him? Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1867 |
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On the Respect and Politeness that the Sisters Must Have Among Themselves.pdf My good daughters, I wish that among you these would reign that kindness, friendliness, graciousness, that religious politeness which is the lovable flower of charity that should be found in our Cenacles, more than anywhere else. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1867 |
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Bearing Small Vexations.pdf Summer is here and you are all suffering from the heat; in the Chapel you are very warm, equally so in employments and even at your meals you are uncomfortable. You cannot escape from this problem, so make virtue out of necessity by supporting the heat for the love of God, with patience and without complaining; offer our Lord all your discomfort and you will acquire merit. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1866 |
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Bearing in the Chapel.pdf My dear Sisters, I wanted to see you today to make a few recommendations: First I wanted to recommend to you regularity and punctuality for the exercises, all of them without exception. Regularity is one of the essential virtues of the religious life and a community in which this virtue is practiced by all the religious is a foretaste of heaven. Click below to view the whole content continue reading |
1876 |
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