Writings of Mo. Marguerite Guillot
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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