Writings of Mo. Marguerite Guillot

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	Year Written
On Suffering.pdf Today is the feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross by St. Helena. Let us enter into the spirit of this feast in order to understand the advantages of suffering. We all have a share of the Cross, some more, others less, but all of us carry it, either exteriorly by infirmities, sickness and difficulties; or interiorly by heartaches or mental anguish, which are often more painful than any physical suffering. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Various State of Soul.pdf What shall we deal with today my dear Sisters? I stress again the necessity of acquiring the spirit of your vocation. You must earnestly strive to practice silence, recollection and the interior life, always attentive to the inspirations of grace which do not cease to exhort you to the practice of virtue, and promptness in following them. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1884
Reflection on Death.pdf It has been a long time since we last saw one another; many sad things have happened since then, but God permitted them for the good of each one of us for He has given us great graces. For my part, I was able to reflect seriously; When one finds oneself, as I did for three weeks, at the bedside of a dying person, when death is seen advancing at a rapid pace, and one says to oneself that this person will soon find herself in the presence of God who will require a Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1867
On Work.pdf Dear Sisters, we ask your devotedness for the direct service of our Lord; we exhort you to it in all circumstances and by every means because this service is our greatest duty, our primary duty. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Death to Self - The Religious Spirit.pdf Another week has passed. Each passing day draws us nearer to eternity. How essential it is to use our time well in order not to lose a single moment. I am not speaking at present of the good use of time in work, although you must be very attentive in this respect; I am speaking to you today of using your time well for eternity, by taking care to act only with a very pure intention, solely to please God. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
On Holy Communion.pdf Dear Sisters, I would like to speak to you about Holy Communion which, being the most sublime act that we can do, should be prepared for when all the care and love that is in our power. Our preparation is composed of the remote preparation and the proximate preparation, to which we can also add immediate preparation. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
On Obedience. The Gift of our Own Will.pdf I would like you to understand, my dear daughters, that religious life is a life of renunciation. When you entered this little Cenacle, you had to leave you own will at the door and dispose yourselves to do all that our Lord would ask of you by the voice of obedience. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1885
On Confession.pdf Dear Sisters, today I wish to say a few more words on Confession. Certain people pass much time in examining themselves and neglect to stir themselves sufficiently to contrition and to a firm purpose of amendment. Follow, in this regard, the wise rules that our Father has given us and in which he recommends that we consecrate more time to contrition than to examen. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
On Humility.pdf My good daughters, when an edifice is being built, pretty stones are not the only ones used. We begin by digging deeply in the earth, then we place there rough and heavy stones, which are very hard and solid, to establish the foundations. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1883
On Simplicity.pdf I have spoken to you about the vocation, my good daughters; I wish to add a word to this talk by saying that one of your virtues must be simplicity. Simplicity is the virtue of all the saints, but it was particularly that of our Father and it gave a special quality to all his other virtues so much so that there could be no doubt of the heroic virtues he practiced. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1883
Silence and Modesty.pdf I must tell you, dear Sisters, that several among you are not careful enough in the observance of silence. No doubt you do not carry on conversations, but say many useless words, whether for one thing or for another. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1878
Poverty.pdf Today is the feast of St. Theresa, a great saint whom we must seek to imitate in her humility, her confidence, her abandonment to the will of God, her spirit of faith and of prayer, and especially in her great love for our Lord. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1868
On Obedience.pdf You have heard it said that obedience is the trade of religious. Oh my sisters, what a good trade it is, but it is necessary to earn it, for all trades demand an apprenticeship, and often a very hard one, we shall then have difficulty in learning to become obedient. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
On the Practise of Virtue.pdf My dear Sisters, today is the vigil of All Saints Day, and I am going to tell you about one custom established here. On the vigil of the Feast, after the Rosary, we say (each one individually) the Veni Creator to ask the Holy Spirit to send to each of us a saint who will be our protector during the coming year, and the first one who comes to our mind when we awaken after midnight, we regard as our protector for the year. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Devotedness and Purity of Intention.pdf My dear daughters, to the occupation of Mary we must join the devotedness of Martha. We have to give ourselves to the direct Service of our Lord, – adoration, office, concern for worship, before everything else, and then to His indirect service in the house according to what is demanded of each one of us by obedience. T Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1884
Advice for the Interior Life.pdf My dear daughters, there is one subject on which I often return to, because it appears to me to be of great importance for your souls. You have perhaps guessed that I wish to speak of purity of intention. Yes, I desire again to recommend to you to act purely for our Lord in all that you do without seeking any satisfaction on the part of creatures, whoever they may be, without desiring their esteem, their affection, their approval. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Purity of Intention.pdf Next Sunday, dear Sisters, is the Feast of the Purity of Mary. Mary is our Mother and our Model, for we are called to do what she did and to do it well we must study her life, her virtues, ever trying to walk in her footsteps. What was admirable in Mary was her purity, not only the purity of her heart, of her life, but that purity of intention which made her act only for God. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Fidelity to Grace.pdf Take the habit of offering to our Lord all the actions of the day, all the works that you will have to do, all the sorrows and all the joys that you will encounter therein, and your actions thus offered to God, your entire life will be animated by divine love, everything in it, however small it may be, will please the heart of our Lord. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Recollection and Prayer.pdf The fruit of yesterday’s Feast, my daughters, is recollection which disposes us to feel the action of the Holy Spirit. The mission of the Holy Spirit in our souls is a mission of sanctification, but it can produce all its fruits only with our cooperation, through our correspondence to all the movement which He arouses in us. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Means to Become an Interior Soul.pdf Here we are, twelve like the twelve Apostles, and only twelve Apostles were needed to convert the world. I tell you that if we were twelve souls of prayer, we could perhaps, today, again convert the entire universe. A prayerful soul is powerful before God; Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Necesessity for Recollection.pdf You have been very busy these last days and I am sure that you offered your work to our Lord; in this way it will not be lost and I hope that God will reward your efforts and give you new strength. Exterior works are always a danger to recollection because occasions for failing in silence present themselves frequently. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Counsels for Adoration.pdf The spirit of prayer is a gift from God. In order to obtain it, let us strive to fulfill with the least possible unworthiness all that relates to prayer which, for us, is identified with adoration. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Advice to Several Sisters who are Leaving on Foundation.pdf I have assembled you, my dear daughters, to let you know who are those leaving for our little Cenacle in Paris. Leave joyfully, my children, and once there, be the joy of the Heart of Jesus, the edification of your Sisters, as well as of the public who will see you in our little chapel. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1884
On The Spirit of our Vocation.pdf I have an announcement for you, my dear daughters; a small group of Servants from Angers is going to proceed to Lyons and another group to Paris. Be happy, my children, to go to procure the glory of our Lord. If you all remained here, the Devine Master would not be able to have a throne in Lyons or Paris, for He needs His little Servants around His throne to adore Him and serve Him. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1883
To Serve our Lord According to the Spirit of our Vocation.pdf Well, what shall I say to you, my dear children, except that we are here for our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. We have come, in fact, to serve Him on His Throne of love, and to serve only Him. Seek then only Him and nothing except Him. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1877
We Must Give Ourselves Continually to Our Lord.pdf My dear daughters, I am going to repeat to you today what our Venerated Father said to us so often and in various ways, by enjoining us to renew without ceasing the gift of ourselves to our Lord. Each time that we renew this gift, we strengthen the bonds of our union with our Divine Spouse, and the more intimate our union is, the more we advance in perfection. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1885
On Our Vocation.pdf Our Venerated Father often told us no one can understand our vocation, and that he himself did not know how to describe it, because this Eucharistic vocation is so great, so beautiful that we will understand it only in heaven. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1885
On Fidelity to the Spirit of the Society and Religious Observant.pdf How grateful we ought to be toward God for having called us to a vocation as beautiful as ours! Does it not seem that He should have chosen pure and holy souls to surround His Eucharistic throne day and night? Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866
Detachment.pdf Today is the day of our monthly retreat; let us profit well from this retreat which prepares us for death. Let us understand that since we shall die one day, we will prepare ourselves for death by detaching ourselves, by giving up something every day – some of you are duty-bound to do this because you have made your vows; others must do so to prepare themselves to take these same vows. Click below to view the whole content continue reading	1866

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