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Title: Life of the Reverend Mother Jeanne Chézard de Matel, foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and the Blessed Sacrament, according to original manuscripts / by the Reverend Mother Saint Pierre of Jesus ; translated from the original French by Henry Churchill Semple
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Saint Pierre de Jésus, mère
Subjects: Chézard de Matel, Jeanne, 1596-1670 Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament -- Biography Mystics -- France -- Biography Superiors, Religious -- France -- Biography
Publisher: San Antonio, Tex. : Convent of the Incarnate Word
Contributing Library: Catholic Theological Union
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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of fear of not being pleasing to God.2 Eight days were passed in these exterior pleasures andinterior pains which Jeanne tried to quell by promisingherself to put an end as soon as possible to this life of dis-sipation. Her half formed resolution was strengthened byanother accident. A storm of great violence broke out anduprooted many trees: in this cataclysm her harrowed con-science saw a sign of the indignation of God against her.To appease it, she made more positive promises to God andarranged the date of her departure. For the feast of OurLady of the Angels, I shall be at Eoanne and receive Com-munion to gain the indulgence.3 She kept her word. But her return under the paternalroof did not restore either her fervor or the spirit of self-denial with which her soul had been filled before her de-parture. Our Lord, from Whom she had turned away sogiddily, after receiving so many marks of His special love, lAutographic Life, ch. VII. 2lbidem. sibidem. 10 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE MATEL
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Church of St. Stephen at Roanne THE EPOCH OF STRUGGLES 17 was now to show her the gravity of her inconstancy. Shewished to resume her pious exercises. Instead of the happi-ness she formerly felt, she now experienced only distaste.rf she had heeded her feelings perhaps she would have givenup all of these exercises of devotion, but she was hinderedby human respect from doing this. Hitherto, all Eoannehad admired her piety. From her tender childhood, shehad shown such a desire of becoming a religious, that, asshe thought, she should not allow her lukewarmness tobe seen. What she thought she was concealing, was visible to all.When heretofore, there had been opportunities to appearin company, she had always yielded to her aunt or to heryounger sister her rights as the eldest daughter of thehouse; now she rarely made any objection to accept invita-tions to evening parties. She could easily have found a wayto refuse her company but she did nothing of the kind andreadily acceded to the slight

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