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�SMILES OF� GOD

The Flowers  t rse o isieux c ng

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 ig v o pt of t pbtio my b pou o tnit n ny fom o b an mean el et o r meana ui pooopi o o  iomto toge o ete tm tot pio son om  pb. t rry Catogg-Pubito Dt

 ctalogu o fo i oo  avaibe om  iti ary I 8499 (ppb) pt  eeCa mt g, o it n bo b Crome Pe t Towb g, Wlte

A w e ecta: t  mng daghte pngme

cham the ce f peme the gae f yg wmen the e f et t  a hrted a hmand yet eae t eta fr  a  pae    he r Chan deed her marty de and her altar n the catacm wth wer and we put hem n r churche  reca the acn In he ecar wrd her cr and fr r emtn he greenne f hpe her wheness fr nncence her reate he r mdety Whle nan ew wer a he nterpeer  he fee hey ae  we ng t read and tey neer ead u fr he nl rens her ransent narrate reae are e memen  he hma ear ran�Ren de Chaeaand I a le wer cd a  thn t wd ay e mpy what d had dne fr t and nt hde any  h gft  wdnt ay n mk hmty that  wa nt prety and ddnt mell weet tha the  had wheed t peta r a rm red  em f  new all that wa tre t hre f ex

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Contents cowedemns Inoducon Te Fowen o  Thse  he Vues o Fowes Roses Te Rose n M and Foloe Roses and Love Eay and Dvne Roses n Csan conoaphy an and Rs e Ra oses and and ood Roes Coos  ealn Fowe Thse's ohe Foa maes 2 87888 ddn 2 anuay 83 2 Oc obe 88 Nn  Oobe 88Novembe 88 Unn Noveme 88 8 p888 3 888897 lossomn 9 p 888 epembe 89 Popan: Ocoe 89Mach 89 caen and ahen p 89 30 epme 897

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  Contens 4  Octobe 7 o the Pesent Dstllng  eaveny Msson emng  howe o Roses

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bbevatons Notes bogapy

  0 Ls o luss

(bli prn) as Dog Rose (osa cana) axage (saxaga cnua) Coowe n y) Vo (vola odoa)

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Introduction: The Flowering  St rse Ceaton s t a sngle thoght n a thosand foms and com pason s the at o nsnc y whch we seach ths dne langage of nersal analoges o nd moe ways of expessng thn .   the lanae of ma h mos ln ween words nse and se. lphonse de Lamartne od ometmes commncaes hmsel to s n a lang ght at othe tmes genty eed n symols ad mage hse o Lsex

 owe  a mle of God  a hot damt pee fo Chtma Day  The at by the  he foth yea a ite The of the oly Chi a the oy ae t the Camelte ovet  eux attbute thee wod to  ae of the Chl eu  owe s a smle of od  dstan echo ofheaen  sngle eetng noe Of ods own msc A peectformed noe

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 Ioduco In hs a-an harny A e u  myery a avu hat n fyur ea we nftely edu Sweetly harnu ene  ws, eln   Gd n hs radeur hee we that we le s, esu I nw ae yur end Fr yu me fm heaeny eadws  fd urI ter te wers Hly hld nw yu are eae  athe u aant u earesu l f te e hre  nthn yu wud t e F e f us, yur we Myey beyd wrds, Wd f wd ur eed Yuyu ust t arest f we 1 A taeweep up yur

he mage o God smlg  hs owes s smpe ad mmedaely ompehesble ye gouded  pue ad devooal ado t s as uaed ad pooud as may moe ate ueaces o eaed mysts ad sptua wes he mmeda (hough a om sole) spao o he theme playe was a eea athe gae a heohses eu Camel  obe . emoe He ecom meded costat oeg to esus o he ose o ou ove o ea of snes and s a meas of shag  h sace Then he sad a Camelte woud beome a ltle owe whom es wod coe oe da o gahe o he  Thse oo the oo o he huma ou as a owe wh

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al s spua devoonal and ea assoaons and ompeed he metapho wh an mae ha mas  wh he own spea ham and onaly. I s one of he mos even of he wth aehe numbe of expessions n he wos ha pu us n touh sensby The euent wodpiues n Thses auoboaphy etes poems pays payes and ommentaes bn o lfe he moe han enuod sepa phooaphs of the san. Moe eevey han he usua invoaons saues o saned lass epesenao of Thse he metaphos evoe no only he landsape nd dens o f he hdhood a nd the a den of of ahe amete onven n povna ane bu he sen ey mnd sou and emotons They enapsuae he obsevaons on he was and ouneys of expeene and manaon and suppy he dmenson of he ea Thse mssn om the pae phooaphs n whh she s fozen as hd and aoesen pofessed nun and saed aess and seems so aean bu a oen soemn and even enma. e wa a een peson as wel as a eave mnd and he wten ae o moe aeve han absa appoah hewos ondon a espeay poey and eThey al wohwhe a and poe ey on imae haae o he aspoe's psyhe and voaon  Of a he maeuses n he wns and eoded a of he e owe hose ha evoe no ony he owes of he natve Nomandy bu the ohes she lmped and aheed in he epanses of he pi ua advenue ae he mos expessve y fousn on his aspe of whaone Thse sa d  haveways iednowhh dsose moe ea of he woe mao and ye neeed we an ommune w h he pesony of his mos vaed woman.   

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associaios o hs sobique have dissuaded me ad I am sue may ohes om moe appopae acquaace wih ad sudy ohe le ad wos Whe I ead he  piime so y o a lie whe (soe paie peie Fleu ache  ',Flowe he auoioaphy dedicaed due o Mohe es oesu  he ise  Pauie) ad he ee s, I was ale o discad he ludcous disoios ad a hose cysalied oses  he vebal cchs ad eioa ly misleadi po ais ha have deomed he imae s I cme o appecae he eevace o he evocaos o ades oses ad liies ad especay hoe o sca wild owes, I oud ha I was noad e,hecpivaed caledmoe, h esel messae y ods lile owe,  e The eal phyical appeaace o The  i he sise l ne  ognl utoche photogp (y ccebe oy sice ) a aduall eve i a om eey, eplced he sua, eimea imae i a vas umbe o oo, dawi, aues ad ohe ad o devoio mial, I eleve, a iepeave ac cou o Thes use o owe imaey headiios wiis ad cicumac covsaion ad eleva aspec oi he ha o pomped hem, wi eoce he pesece as a asom isp ao  ma peope's lives  will aso help hem i he seach o spual eheme i he weys ce uy, ad eve dispose hem o epec he aua wold moe eecvey o see hse  a less semea ih ad udesad he impoace o mea scee ou eceaios he oses o he  I ac ad o does he poems plays ad pous mea seei ad udesadi hem i  h e eacive co  ex  he i, ead lse ad ceaive imaiaio, o he scada a d a o evey so o ac eve o hose who woud e o u he huch io a auee ad luuious cemeey, insead o a aden i bloom  6

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Nature, and owers in particuar real ad symboc payed an importan part not only in Thrses short life but aer her death The occasons ange l the way fom a neghbours pophec poem written on the ee of Thrses brth, endng with he lne You w be a rose one day,' to the men n arious ways of her prphecy that she woud send a shower of roses on earh aer her death Thrses own physical menta and spirual deeopment was lke a ower hat takes root grows and bossos in he sunshne, sheds its petas and des. In essence tha is how she records her srugge o become a whole, uique person wihin he ar rom wholy semposed constrants o her epoch of peibourgeois lfe in the provnces of an ncreasngy defense Church in he era of he Third Republc, and o women's roe i soce hen Thrses lle way ed om her early chldhood eperi enes hrough her atemps to overcome sruples and an oer-sensti natur and her role  a eacher of posuans o her vared and coninuing nspraon of ordinary peope searchng in his lfe forwha men through ove sriving for perfecion by being he wants us o be' andand herefoe by openness to Gods  acng n and hrough hem. Thrses heping heang function was recognized soon afer her deah and n 1997 she was formaly delared o be a oor o he Churc (hus fuling her schoo chapain's unwiing prophecy in addresng her as My ile Docor of e Law! (when she was en Door n hs sense means eacher, and pus her nBernard the same caegory such formdabe inelecs as Augusine and TomasasAun Bu he erm has aways incuded an eemen of thaumaurg' in e sense of curative mraeworkng and s increasiny ner pree in he sense of healer As early as he 920s, n he hape a Aenon bul over he former garden of he house where Thrse was born peope were dedicang plaques to

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he tht st testi to thei tust n their Heveny Nuse Ceste nme The tite of Thse's utobophy eplins why she hs ome to be known s the tte Flowe but why dd she e heself ths ttle? Thse wote the stoy of her sou when instucted to do so y he sste d spitul mento Pulne who hd ecome Reveed Mothe ohe Crmel  ws o wtte wth puiction i mind ut s somethin ppoch in  memento of Thse's fmil lfe nd oher des t ws to e icuted o he deth ony o cose elties nd to  seect ume of Crmes. The tem Litle Fowe ws ot oeed eonouy   f om o eeence o ddress fo n ncipted wde edeshp o udence t ws hosen in the f plce beuse the Mtins oten used he mge of  ow    o m ot Tougho

he mnuscipt Thse cls heself t lttle white owe n home to he he syol pluin o  se om the w on  My 7 entecost) o nowlede he nouncee tht she wted to ente e Thse ws ouhtnd up peope to see the mny-sded s  wold owes nd wold so onstht wee el euse theyof wee sustined y God She udestood wh she eperened simpy nd directy ut so metphoricy in the tdtio o the e o the Psls d New Tese pes I ften ased yselfwhy Gd has eferene and det ve al ul n e qual aut frae  . . ut eu rcusly ela ned th ytrtha t e Heshwed  f nature. hw hehe undrsd eey wer hee hathe ade is eaufu se's rlliae ad the li wheness d redue the lttle es erfue  he da lve  I aw that f  the eer wer wated  e rse tue wud le ts rin te eauy and the eld wuld  lner e ateed wth th hu f lle wr t  the e  the wrld f uls

 wg  St   wi i e' garden He wanted to mae great an w o may  ompared to ie and oe, t e a ao ted ee one; and tee ler one mt e ontent to ran a daie and io et ower at  feet and gadden i eye wen e oo down at te for peeon mean doing  wi, eing wat e want  to  e     ao nderood at or ord' loe  own to  a m in te impet o a doe no reit  grae a in te mot igly endowed n fa, ine te nare of oe i to mae yor ef al if a o reembed te oy Dotor wo ae  ned te Cr .   i d eem a if God ween' tooping ow enog wen e ame no  art  e a reaed itle idren wo now noing abo anyng and an only mae temee eard y feee ryng and e a mad e poor aage wo ae only te natra aw o folow a nd it  to er eat tat e  wng to ome down ee ae te wid ower woe mpiy arm im and t i y  ondeen on to tem tat God ow  nf greane e ame n igt tat ine on te edartree ine ney on te maet o wereeyting t o, or od onentae on ea o niey and wo togeter for te good o ea o jt a in natre e eaon a aanged to ene tat te m et dai y w nfod it peta  on te a pointed day    f a te owe od ta  tn it wod ay e impy wat God ad done fo it and not ide any of  gi  It wodnt a y in mo my tat t want pe tty and didnt e weet at te n ad wtered  petal or a torm red t tem if it new a tat wan't tre e ower now teing e tale i deigted to reod or ord woly ndeeed faor e now tat in eef e ad notng tat od ae drawn i aention, fo t wa  mery tat pt anyting good in e i ery alone He deded tat e wa to e on n oy gnd fragrant wit  te ent o prit y He made e tat eigt daing wte

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8 � ntductn le n u thee ee he eed e ved h le e s much that he wted t ec he  he ned   he ld  he eal had hd nlded when he dvne Mate alaned he t Mut Cael  7

rme me  orchrd or grde d the frgr tree plt d ower of he rel rge of mout uggeted the Grde of Ede to the Hermt of Our dy of Mout rmel the orgil relie. I our ed i our begiig A key decripio  he opeg cee of the Bbe  h of he grde lovgly deiged d ld ou for hum  God;  The te whe owe  he choe ecoure of her fe reect h love hroughou he ge ht follow The ime of owe ecur lke  ef  he hee epre mucript h ke u wht we ow hk o  hre uobogrphy Mucrpt A(ge) wrie  8956 t the iigto of her iter Pule whe Prore Mucr B o M[re]) wrie drg hre t rere September  the reue of her elde ier (81 of 1896) Siter Mrie he Scred Her d the uihed Mu cript  (or Gozgue]) reueted by Moher Gozgue  he promig of Pulie d begu i Jue 89 Mucrpt A begi wih referece to the te whe ower chr i urure d owerg d ed wh i redie to be pced or trplted I Mucrpt B he pel of the ower hve boomed d re ctered d trew for the love: I my wtower to uer d ejoice for ove ke dke o I of h trew ly i M crp  writte whe Thre ife w ebbg wy d left  it ow edt hree moh before her deth he ower lo eche he lim of fule d efrreder h mucript refer to dew dee  the cly to perme d o the frgrce of he oitmet of he Beloved It move

 Fwg    �

9

fowa to the momn when nohng mains of al this but the lumnou, pme tace Ju ha eft bhin an Thse stees he way owas hm by folowing hse atoms of ove aiatng though eteniy inhalng hi negy uni sh can how heslf into his ams. Thse was an ast. Most worhwhi atss hav awn nspiaon fom the past in or o xpess he paicula vison in a new way evan to hi own tmes an the occason of heir lvs. To xpess h own specia vision, Ths cals on he Bibe on her famy, on he sans reigious authos, poes of natu an h inn, an on h xpience of nau an hr mmeate nvionmn or Thrs owrs ar etaphorca in h bbica sens. Thy  ybo rcton of vin beauy an ov, chalcs of openns to the npong o o. Thy a human livs that com up, bu bloom an hav but a sho tim o v befor thy ar cut own in fag rance on h vaare o atur: on an ouht arknss an co an o win n orm  l pats o a vne orr. Th invua ow that i Ths pen on th gh o Ju th un, ut aso on h arth whre sh s roo n om which she sprngs n oher wos on her fahr an mother an on h ssrs an ss n o ofn h sam This t owr s a wi owr of he s tam by th arrangmnt of he owrbe an garen whch o has signe fo h nurure, so ha sh can rs in obscu reanss o srv an o pas whn she is seen o  oelocas as a ma whih Ths hsfof aslov a oTh wr holy may goun b he n home or Came ah as a whole, an even he grea epanss of h cosmos bu aso h pastoa sttng o oftn nvoke in h Ol an Nw Tsamns At th begnnng of he uobogphy Ths spa of Gos consan ovng car for h an n th contx of hr

 � du

owe mgey uotes slm 2  22  c entl eeece tht b ogehe he pincpl hemes of he wi  a no a a e n  e we a  oo a on  a  o  sou has ee eed  he ue of ouwa ad iwad a Lie a owe ae he so,  a ase y ead a see  ysef he ea of ee wo he od  y hehe  hall o wa He aes e le ow  ee aue e eds e ee  we e esoes y so He eads e n h hs fo hs ae sae

Te pths nd pstes in whih se wk e smutneousy biba nd those of he omn dood Fom e nfnc onwds Tse h d obseved the detas of e nt  suoundngs. She dmed nd dew inspton fm the bod ndtethevs getnd pnes bnches to the vews gond thewt wdth owes of thesweepng elds nd seshoes of Fne.  these mpessons wee mpnted on e vey beig nd ed he tul yic mpuse he sense o the poety o exstence. oey s ltey composton ws nothe mpont nuen ce i The ely life She loved eding Of couse she ed ppved pose con fo chlden nd she ws fond  of he popu of he con tnng tles byed-ound dmevoes d Sg Cnon Schmdtnd othes. They wee molzng but mny so snce they wee usu bout eognizby el childen n  el envonment ut the vese she ed nd itened to t home d  moe vit eect on e tn the elegnt expeed stictues of oleu's At pqu the sevententh-centuy

e werng  re � 1

tras on th art of potry whch sh studd und r adam Papinau hr tach r in 1 8867. Fm oilau sh larnd such prncipls as th nd to maintain a nob styl and to rmain faithl to natur statd in asy-mmorizd rhymng couplts that hav rchod in th hads of rnch schoochidrn for gnrations. 9 Th frshnss and carity of hr autobiography and ttrs show hat vn in hr pros composton Thrs too to hart his nsistnc on good sns and his dsik of actaton n hr po too sh followd oilaus canons of good forma compositon as sh undrstood thm and hr plays rva a knowdg of his ruls for wrting dramatic rs appropriat to thm and occasion Nrthss phons d amartn (17901869) and ictor Hugo (802188), th stawarts of nntnthcntur at Romantc rnch vrs wr hr main modls in potry. In th vning Thrss fathr would oftn rcit pos by amarn   and ugo  and imags and spcic words and phrass (vn i not aways pfcy rcald) from ths pots in rpatdl hr autoiorap and otr Sh wouldrsufac av ard such famous ns owritings amartn's  orn with th spng dying with th oss'    You sow th ground of our harsh if with signs of hop lik owrs mboidd on a winding-sht   t us gathr lt us gathr oss n t mornng of f'      owrs nwborn prys with coro d wih hony y od himslf y pur roschas sm to ntrcd for us in ths hany mansons' usd almost  (which as a  andis on manra im yourthat boatonsur and not artn your hom!' Thrs  possbly by dsign  suotd as lif is your boat  ' and ratd o t shp that sas throug th bilowy wat and whn it has passd no trac can b found' of Wsdom 50). amarns sonorous ss wh thr con stant rfncs to owrs as th incns of th wod to

2 � Ioduco

ae ad otde o a devowhed-or deah ad o he ol o eah a a hp ad he co o Chta o to ace e wh love  acowledee o oe (Ao C'e  ce laor) eho thoho he wo arly the o who le a ma o The wt wa o he daa ad ovel, ad cacel he ea co  c voay  he lyca poe who pad a h ateo to loca coo a o eda o o he yey o deah ad e tae ph o ood ove ev e o wa e oay who a w     a whe ael pa ovehead   . I s  "e  e o death  d he ae t bc ad ad I a ove ;17 o who Fo od he bleed ae

o those who d bt hoe who each.   oe o h be-ow oe Onss a hmb da oo p a th , a ea owe  he vae o eey, ad a , oo, he  m ow wa' Bloom of eveating radiance bgh, Beyond hoizon' ri Te n he at coe o ayne-bunihed to ea incned. And on an od grey wal here oa encroched A ee diy in  ed mpe hie Oened  gee goy o he sk Oe he ne  he e oe Wih ead gaze a be imen Where the great ta ored foh iora ight Decaed: Wih y on a I ao hne. 1�

The wa debed o oy o he lteay ea ad ood o ate Fech Roac b to a e eowed we he woe poe ha evea he ece o the Noma peaa poet, Roe ael, who wa bo   the v ae oeo   ad ded o 5 y 5 oe aht

e Flwerng fS e � 13

slf to ad w s was tt ad was g ssos  wtg by a d. S wt to    mouts w  s wokd as a wa t wt to s  PotEu ad sux. 'aouee S podud two  oums o poty Lklt dto n d au  86 (d 184 ad Autumn Flwer Fleur dautmne  1885 t latt wt a pfac by t sux ost Ma d say. oss poms wo  a ot cosdab loca putato   lftm spcaly amog fams su as t Mats of sux. hy ota may dsptos of t Noa outysd d ofte fous o som of hss faout ows s  he Disy' You kow he wid ower es a one sm d ne Lor' loom enchne' he We l e Mguere. ding or e ear aone Uner i ooa look! nfodng e gs In a oly ece boo

: Benga Rose I kow w  would do: Bid  coge Wee e em rn   w ch s yo Se he e ee  ed He he we ol od he i ng o he hehe h wn lkng o  eed.

14 � rui e I wod a e m o ach m vythi h e of  o h wae bia th Sec  no wod 20

The real wod of Rose' poem was ch the ae a he eadow hough which he an her aher paed on e ong walk ogeer and e ive bank were they a senng o he wnd. He owe and conry age ae eected n ch aee n he veses as  loved he coed d he a    I oe o gahe gay es, conowe a he e owers    ad he heahe  Roe yeanng fo anohe ae of beng and he fa fo i ndedg of e y o extece   expeion n que uby ehanded een f oc gery ao e hei couepa in he oposio i proe and ee. he pacca knowedge of he oa of he naua wod and ipess ionbyofa now heiao era ryenirey and ohe ea phoca uehe wee unied forgoen boo he eceved fro he Benedcne abbey choo n 88 as a ize or good conduc I was obvioy hoen by soe one who wa we awae of hse aicua cobinaon of iee One gh een hn indeed ha his was a wor wen secia y o he The Abb Aquia Chaud  lgy fPla (L g  pa u Hs im

u m gal [1882] subied a iiae hisory of he egea word') wa aand ecen ubicaon ye one woy unouched by Dawnian idea o any o he bioogca geo ogca and boanica ob erva os and esech ha igh hn a any fo o eouionary heoy he Chuch  he ie a eidenced by arou neeenh-cey encycca and a gea nbe of pronounceen and ubicaion a

 Flrg f S r � 15

dieent leves of athoity ejected any notions that seemed o challenge a  iteal intepretation of Scpue and he stic  ceatonsm deived om it Chaud's boo was entrely tustwohy in ths espect. He was the pash piest ofauous (in the Sene-ane nea eau) and pod uced a long wo ofyica pose combning hs ow obsevations and hs ead ings of the Swedsh botanist innaeus osseau and the many devotonal wos that descbed the unvese especiay the stay sy above as evidence of divine omnpotence and ovng kndness o Chaud howeve the study of plants was the visible ladde by whch human be ings appoach the inis ible ceato of the univese and the gloy of od was declaed n little thngs n pats and in the deails of thei stucue and gowth Th oroa is th mprss of th vga ord and might sely b a star faln om th havns, a daght of paads astray on  a  sars of  amn shnng abov u do no possss th snt and vay of hs arthy stas. Morovr, as I standmor on th shors of thsall oan shaps  oous prfums th hsofgloris morand lay and I ontmpa unmstakably I rognz t bush, mann and sy of th div in atist and doraor of h nvs Hmans am thra and thogh thy abo om moning to night thir fant handiok an sary numat ths  uttdnos ontnancs, nniat h various nuancs of hs atous fos, or callat th nubrlss copanis of ths ond    spark ling n thgass, in shubbry, spinging bush dropping if n lmbing cascads o th vy tops of oufrom fot, an stoing th gaands on th otag of h poor an h paa s of h ih . .  W az ha h fndamnta  of th nt plant is ativy psnt,  and ady in th n issus and bnath th nrivald oouraton of th orola polaming th han d ofGod . 22

16 � nruin

For haud, as for Thrse, the harmones nd operations of this veritabe chemical laboratory oeyed ther divine impuse, constanty transforming their essence and appearance unti they reached their indivdua cumination shwng forth Gd's ve to humankid Fwers were a summary manifest aton of a creaed bengs, vse and nvse so nd matter images of God and epitomes of the unierse Hs ower caendar and ower coc, ut especay his detaied accounts of the deveopmet of pants from the mysterious comination o chemical eements, though the unfoding o the organs, oweng fetiiton and frtng, to ther ndun o n and umion to h od mh ofhrses nowledge o human an etrahuman ology. hey aso enriched her imagery of physica and spirtu domn nd  t  unn ttu She aso istend to and read t home at school, n her conen, and y way of the relar ora redns there mjor deoona and sptua, een mytca wors tha heped to fo the newor o imges she used to ell her story ranos-Re de Chaearands  G  Cria iy  Gni u rsiai),  sutited the Poeti and ora Beautes o he hrisan Relgion 802 was cer tainly among the artins athoic ooks. t was vale throughot the nineteenth century n countes popuar and git editos for dults and oder children t stessed not oly the ratioa appea of dgmtc Christianiy nd  mport ace morathe andgeat ierating, and human forceobuhrs t the ways as inawhch artisticlyrica and literary creations anity shaped the humn undersandng of nd empahy wth he natural word. hre was as m wh sme of the grea wrs  hstan spritualy and myscim.  iain  Cris y hoas  emps was one of her avourte ooks at hme.

Te owg oS se  7

Te auor and Te ae in complete agreemen ta one oud neer wor a e put it ou eg une o eaon dicu ague and expan Se reurned o e pure our' of te Iao equenl carred i abou wi er tuced into e pocet or mu leaned almot te entire ook b ea (toug ne aid e ew ever ine and could ecte an capte wen er aun opened e oo at random It commonene recommendaon and omeing of t tle Tere ae no fi aout te Ia t a te fr-ene of Eucid and te Aanaian eed  became e own Some popl fo want of pence have roght aot the own ownfal thogh the grace of evoton Thy wante to o more than they wee ale tang no accont of the own little ness .It is a great thing to e among the least in heaven, wee all are great; ecase a there shall e caled an sha really e he chren of Go

Not advce on ain cultiatng  Kepi and onl ilit but ometng to i futl mticaimpicit ferou ecame a mao element in Te own witng: Anyone in ove reads on air and rns for very oy .et my love know no onds le me lean to tast wth the lps of my nmost eig how weet it i to love o melt n love's re to oat on the wave of ove! . Pou own yor gace om aove oa k my heart the rain o earth heaventorng stea to water wit the face of this makeme t ea goof evoon an peect fuit25

n amel te extac om te mtic eaie of St on of e oss and Teesa o a at se read d ed nancd t paticula mode of expreon wc ecame

18 � roduo prt of her deotonl wrenes long wth moe ccum nt depon nd pn ement he w ptculrly moed by he wtng of  ohn of he , nd wh he unood  h mg bo n wdo her eoed nuctng h ou nd pekng o her n lence, n dk ne. He emned  lfeong nuence  he eceed much ptu gh hrough he wor of tohn of the o, nd  he ge of eeneen nd egheen they were my ony food '26 He wng ofen eec nd he peccly efe to nd quoe tohn mgery of he neyrd n owe  he nuey of the wok nd rue h, een f humy perfect re ptu dr une oght to loom  od ge nd loe nd h potyl o the ou oerng he fgrne nd weenes to her eloed   noegy of oe, o perfect rte omned nd ordeed nto one rm pfon o th oul, nd thu drng w he fo, thoe dcordnt et uty mco hoght, mge, nd terro of he pche tht hee prtu owe w an ike  pae  he  he Beve  0 meaw h veue eamele whha wes Sa i he has ae   Saeg a husa ges he asse hugh hese gves  hae A kig u hem as he we e em b his glce a e, lhe wih a . . Dive wa e xe   ie i w n we Whi wee maeh a uch Cme ses a e w, e appe up he hl Sa u w. uh ha awkes ve; Behe hrgh m gae a e u urs w a he Beve shal aue amg he we 

n ddton o hee more mytc nuence, the contnu ng nent tn n rench thocm though oy

Te Floweg of Tse � 

dsavowd shoud no b undstmad whn dnng Thrss spua hag Nhss a partcula tadton of Fnch ghnh-cnuy sprualy tha of Fancis (ranois) d Sals Jann d Chant d rull d Con drn Mm Aca Jan-Jacqus Ol John Qan) Euds Lous Lalman Josph Sun and May of th Incarnaon (Mari d lIncanaon) xd a gra inunc hrough h mntors n pacua hr wo olds ssrs and som of hr radng Thr was somhng li a mnor rva of his Fnch school of mysicsm around h m of Thrss birh Abov al S Fancs d Sas and h Vsandn nhr anc o form aspcs ofofThrss udshlpd ha suitd hishos combinaon huyrgous srniyat and smpicy Th guidanc of hr ssr Paun who had bn ducatd a a Vsaon convn was an imporan nunc h Of cours hr was anohr ason for Thrs o favour d Sas r Thss bh i smd ha sh was n dangr of dah so h aunt owd o S rancis d Sas ha f   grl survvd sh woud  namd afr hm Accordngy hr fu nabcam was Mar-ranos Thrs Man and ans d Sals on of  sptual po ctos Thrs was carful o nt h nials MT Marranois Thrs) n h ight-hand scton of h coaofarms sh dsignd ad whch appars a h nd of Manuscrip A Durng h prlminay nvsigaon ino h caus fo Thss bacaon hr ssr Loni a nun of h saon rd rmard  al ou oe Ser Thre  greay revered ha  o urrg, e he r o her e  eey ou ad ha  our oder S Fac de Sae    M ua  a o m Thre  hereore h o ur a Fouer H ecg a he ae ju e ame Sh s he ver ou whom o grea oer wa hkg o 

2 � Ioduo

Loie' ehui w uele if  lie overlye, for  ri' ul w ee o woe  the wol whoe itu ive he w ietig. He we to how he how o hik  ehve i wy h woul ee Go ye ot e eget of hei eulr eoiitie hey wee woe of  tio oewh eet to h of hre,  they reie ther ireto wit  erg. uh of the rih igey of e le A Ioduco o e Devou Le i w fo everyy life, the tur wol  iee thouh the etil oe fro tiqute oure uh  ler the ie of turl ee y te Piy)Ro ve ifyoe the iio e ow-to ert, he refeee re  ofte litery  roverl  eve leigy ei,  e le i the l o nquity or the ther o he hurh. Hi ower ige re mog he e-kow ge  the ook, n hel o oit the iree etwee he rtol ue of gren gey i iriul work  he ow to. e le ethor re where ire,he'  hoe oig uto e wth ie re ttoothe oheret methoril whoe, the tory of the Lite ower i whih he i lo eey  ittle owe Nevehele he wil hve kow the fmou oeig   ote ge uertoo thei reeve to he ow eig  tie  iue the i the omex o oug  feelig he rew o whe writig Gycra h ow- was so sid at aranging ors that h oul a on so o owr and mak a ga numb o in bouqs om hm In fact whn th pain Paias d to da cra' vaos bouqus h foun h ask mpoibl.  ju codnt appl hi kl n paintng to h roon of out  had ma  n th m  

T Flowg  S Ts � 21 Hoy Spit ha a va nume of ay of inpiin and aanin ade on ho to ead a deout ife hen he pesent i thouh the od and in of h hepe The dotine to e ue,  aay ame, ut in ay hihused t appea vey deetheeaue of the the tin aey of o putaethem tete  W hy not ty athein a itte noeay of devoon  eope ho have een akin in a eauti aren are eutant to eave ithot takn aay fou or ve oe in oder to eathe in thei faane  tey ary them au fo he et of the day. Simay after onthat omeemytey e hod pk and ot one o o o medtatn three pont fod mo enan od hep u to mpove ee We hod ea them thouhout he day, and nhae heir pira aane.30

Jus as rss us of mapor as nnc  a pot lss illusrious tan amarn an Hugo so r vsio as act  a rt o rgousy ntnd pos on a c o  of tos trarocompt and o radt and d o o mnd tan oas  Kmps and Francs Sals  gatst tsts trs and s  somts ound inspration n cranky ad n tadry modls  y on o t npa iacs of t ratv l, prompt togts an ors tat far supass t n MayJun 1887 n s as foutn rs ap pn on an rad t incrasng tnt  oo y t Frn prst andad racr Cars c  fatr orrod romArnjon t nuns 1821885 of t siu Carm T d  s Wld ad  Mys o  Wld o Cme Fn d mnde pn  m d a  , 88 contan a mass of nonsstncs ant-Smti at, rud rligoiy, an linormd astosn rojctons It also ord an stoogal visio of a rdmd natural or

 � Inrduci

t conred nd reiied Trses undetndin o  nturl nd umn envinment to ic se s erse returnn e det to cr ot e coison o oe. Armnons vie of reity s mcwod moeecoended ttrctve nb te rdon conep fo e c empis nd oes Her redi o is book bece one o e rees rces n  fe     e re ru of reon e secets o eternity e me  oy c ws no one of tis er his word is an imens aboratory in which naue as  whoe iseen fermenting nd abouing a shaed the susinhae   A egnerated y te bood o the Godstas adand hae the gac f the Redption .. Our eath s the centre of he supenatura wod ecause its mateia sustane is undergoing  connuous pocess of ransubstanaton as the Body of od is oumed i te Eucari  . Do no hi that just ecause th wd wi he ceased to tun on its axis nd to foo w its famia ourse  a sae in a ead-i, that in te nw et te ai wi hae os i eshness th eds wi no onge b geen the tres wi hae ost teir ossom and wate wi no onger sing fo o untainshe nw wod to come is a iing thing  his word i n aai  sowi ng the future a est in teas and suei ng bu sooer or ate he sun of that othe word whose dawn we can se ith he ees of faith wi ise on thi word of ou  Jesus waned o tace out two conay ways of eachng hean: one or hif that was ugh and morting and anoh fo his foowers ha was peasan and paned with oe and joous ocasions31

Tis de of te rekn of e nur orld nd of umnnd reinforced Trses deveopn noton of wt t ment to be  snt s orld nd its inbtnts ee mde nd detned o reze teir fu potenl in een 

T lowg cSt Ts  3

wold no mean dehmanzed shades langshng n a e dstnt unerse but the ment o ntetes o nate and of hma that coud be glmpsed ow Death ee maryr dom ot be a entitlemen eerastng repose t woldwod mean nceasngy heghenedto aty o behalf of ths wod and een n ths wold. That was how Thrse came to undestand the words nscrbed o the wl of Carme as she cmbed the twethree stars that led to her cell and egaged n acta eor and symboc ascessA lte labor today eteal rest tomorrow .  '. When she kew she was cose to death she tod those aound he Dont thk when Imheae goe tat  shal be lookdow dowom omthere' the heght 3 of Certany not!contet  shal to come Eeryone was ested to e a sa. Eeoe mus e a sant The dea was attaable by gowg and owerng as one was destned to gow and ower athood was ecog nzable not oly  the mage ad cons of deout manuas and sacred texts bt n the taly of oes own asp atons and o those ke onesel t was sbe  ther actty now phase of a nee-endg n the 896rst hrse read the bogaphyapostolate of he dea sant. e wa the young mssona and lttle mayr hophane Vnad (89-86), who was beheaded atokn n Indo China.he book inteested me a touche me more than  cold expess' e was ery mch lke her she thought He had a smar concepton of msso ad destny deep aec to for hs cose famly ccle ad he sam ley emea ment. e was soulmate  athe eyCarmetes specal sene s exampe renfoce heradesre to on  ethe agon or Hao She was especally ake by the pbshe selecton of Thophae's leters, and coped etacts from them: u the od choose lttle pepe o ut the get o th wold  onn .. Whn y head i seveed by the exetioe

 � Iroo e aate Mother, reeive yor lttle eant lke a rpe grape faen fo the knife, lke a ullbown ose ked n yor hono    I have reahed the point eh of  ha deired for o long! y Martrdo! . . he lge t oveen o a ae earate e o y ody a ng ower whch the owne of the grden gathe for hi deligh We ae a ower anted on th eah and God gather u up in hs own good tie, oe ealier other late The ron oe h t own nqeness a does the rgnal y nd te hbe oet et s  try o leae o see o an Mte b ealzng the artiar cent and lstre tht we hae been gen33

n MayJn 89 a fw onts fo  dat Ts opd sva ky pass fo opans s ono  ak of an navin o f  Cd ss a n oss n  adn ta s ad nand wit oations fo  siss S ntnsl y disid as o f dat as  aditonal i ap o a skon in a pd at and askd Pain to ov on fo  opy of a ontans Fab s ad borowd fo ss isnt odtwo ovs s wi o o ookn ,Not s "a said a panto o vi spt sown n all tos pts n t wods of Topan Vn ad, wi s adapt and insid on r oial ad'   a a spin  ow atd b  own  ot adn fo s lt W a al ows plan d on tis at and God ats s p n is own ood ti so arl, os la  a an pal lt rat, and  sall b t to o at aown of ann ppos andrst dstny, of Tss on nto xistn, santity, and raii n t f, ws on o owng s  sie o God n a adn oflov

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The Virtue  Flower O a ul tat as b ad pu  udad t fa g f   Paul Caud  ss d  k f es tat a ked at  S E

 as aay d   r fLux

rs a wro w nd ar 1ivd Wn s or ias spok o of ndrsand owrs spiria sd a nivral syol a can  apprcad y vryon rc or poor, rliios or nonrlos Of cors s clarly lovd ral owrs an lik os of s was id y ir coors and sns and  cdoo oris y vok lorirapy s a sin c a rqirs ll sy.  an ins associa wi so owrs now s alos aoaic r aasy o no rconizfor innocnc ros as n laroffw lovnaons an  as sandn Nvrlss n or a of vral rliy wn so any pop ar c o fro  rys and cys of  naral word i is dcl o paz w popl ivin n  ninn cnry wn  syoc val of owrs ws c or snifan an nowaays lowrs an oqs

28 � The Vrues fFlwers

w gn dsd  w n a b a fw as wr jys r sad and a vary r  f wr ad a pa a ag wrss nain  ns f na  , awa and  a  asalfr l x, fagran and  yss aiy f a lvng ing n w c w sns  vans f sng asa p and pf, and ws nda ss fay sd  anag f wrs as a nd f sand, and in  daily sdy  f   lgis ws and ly pis s asrd  fns  na and o as s of spia h He n ss Mar f  ngs and   Sad H was n f  s pp  a n Ts s s f w agy S sad h he le The be  oe wa an pe o he piy a paary ipssd , as s ad nv ad  sp n f in Car  nnd in he vs f  sans:

Fr hr eery we pke  lgge   w,  whch  reealed Gd's e e d perfet  h She  ed the  tel  f h w le d h e e    er' eeg  the e f lece, d fte   ea y  recrea he wl rw wer r he ae  he Cay  he e grth2

s saw ws as syls f ss in Jss' gadn and as sag an insgnican li wi w way grwing slf H s is n lnss  f  i Ts ds n  an aanging n s i as a sis f n sa s   aping nsf and lving a s Gd nndd n  b wt in bsriy  in an xad psiin F Ts, Cal was an nlsd gardn w s d an ddn and nnspis S saw da n as a

Roe  9 g eap bu as Jesus ang up hs haves of ows nd new ha sh wod be gaheed n he spng o he fe 

Re hogh Thse hogh of hesef essenay as a e wh e owe she sed ohe oa ags ncdng h beac os o pess he houghs ad feengs Snce he deah Thse has aways been assocaed wh oss no ony because sh posed o ake  an wh oss afe  deah on (ro fe days befoe she dd cad  and se spnge n conecon wh hesef he osea rr) whose peas sh aanged ond a cuc 6 b  becase oses sg ove She efed o ses a ohe pos n Te So o a Sou and n convesaons pubshed ae b he n was nfoced na by he dssenaon of cads saons suees and eas bae  any on Cne s ogna  9  2 chacoa poa and on he 95 cooed veson of he saeoage Thse hodng oses n he adona an n vgnsoand ohe sans n panng saes and popa hoy pcues  Cnes pse o besh he phoogphs o Thse was ached by he ovewheng pbc spons e o he se as a beauu and agan ose The vson of Thse as a os ad san of oses ended o oveshadow h age as a spe e wh owe ad encoaged senena ds oons as ss pound anaoges Thses esage as ofoen  ne  ove andspua ab andon  o Go d s w a o spc chdeness and he bea and vaue o a nae whehe a dp o dew a wd o a coon gaden owe o a agncen pefued se was obscued Ove he yeas he assocaon wh oss becae so song ha n 997 when he Pope ade Thse a Doco of he

0 � T Vus f Flwr

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loe but for penitence  somewht more unusul i f trd itionl ssocition. The description o the ys white inno cence nd simplicit eres to emphsize the rich colour nd high prce of the y by its own nd potn orose oerestored nd by to thehrmon iys humty d sorrow serce but ony withn ods encompssng forgieness s so often n Thrses wrtngs  lyicl nd symboc ccount of  mor tuth or situton nd o its trnscendentl implictions is lned to her own eperien ce or to tht of her communty Here here is n implct reerence to Hynthe yso  former Crmelte pest who hd left not only the Order but he order to beou mried Thrse constntly forChurch hm ndincled hm brothe' or ped los sheep whees for the Cthoc ppers he ws  renegde piest  s in ths nstnce though to yng degees the ssoc tion of roses with hrse elied not merely on he own seme ad es   a specic pes  evet nmed o impled bt o n  mutiude of secu tht is lite r nd populr ndbc elgos implic tions of rose nd ower imgery extendng no meey into Chstin usge but nto ntiuiy nd mintaied in soci customs egion egends verse deotonl exs nd prctces hymns nd rious ltugies nd ites of th Church  e oe in M ad okore

The n ncent plnt nows  It eoed Though to whtrose wdis centurs oesOh! bcnotheone ose withstnd hostle enionments om the Sbern snows to the  o n Egyptin s un. n cssc nuty oses were s popul nd ced s mny metphocl echoes s in the Christn centures  In omn poetry the bief lfespn o the rose nd the pomse o ose gdens bsted by the south

32 � e Vrue < wer wd of the mog tood fo the brey of huma etee ad the fagy of t weete  aet eee moue woe e ad tewed them o gae a pate tay pohbted eetuay bybee the ade Chta Chuh), adthough Sophoe' tomb  aepted ad to hae wth them ay wa a aoued moth o oeg oe to the pt of the dead  ome the aua fea of oe, whe tomb wee adoed wt gaad wa ow a ae ecae ad the eemoy telf a raa. he w of wealthy oma ofte aed fo oe to be plated o the etg pae, or eft d fo oe garde to prode fre trbute fo the ealed aneae the deate oe fet a tom of ateonyea toeofhooug the godde Floa  te aet wold  he oa game of ououe n Fane we rd when te oe emee a d 4 left a fotue to prode poety pe at owe feta  ealy May that began wth the tewg of oe oer Clemee' tombhee aet tadto, a we a h ow wh to de whe e wee  oom ame to pay wh 88 Vtor Hugo o wa heaped wth roe  Ma houghout Euope foltale ad baad bear wte to oa trado of oe gwg om gae to g rgy o eeral oe, but ao to poweu aoo aoated wth ther wato plug b the old of heart or by ay peo oe tha the dead gl weeeart  fooe the puty of the oe wa ad to ward o el pt thoe poeed y roe teadete a heg fm ad he ent ofo roe f aed to pu oee ampe wee foed to eea ter pedy ad a oe bh wa a ure mea of etong a weewof to huma fom oe wae by deaon wa eld to poe a a demon tue, ad ee of t were ued at appopate po  eremoe efoe e fture poe oad wa

Ross ad Lo Eay ad v � 33

bptized hs nuse dopped hm on a heap of owes whe nother woman poued os water o er hm. In vrous parts of Euope a vtuous irl (known in rance s was the cwned whe s or caed a weath  o them beoe conwh o  vrn The alnd would han

ove the ded ls pew in church unt the owes aded a custom eected i n the Careite pactce of lcn  wreath o roses on the head of a ded nun hen one of he Ssters with inuenza whom Thse was nusin ded she woud put such a wreth on the nuns head as the ule reued  Re and ve, Eah and Diine n ost cutures owers especiay roses stand or oe. hs wa n esenta aspect of owe symosm for hrse too who knew her vocation ws to be ove n he heat o the Churh  reachn out to ebrae the whoe wod.  Her use  t o to epsnt lov stood in a on traditon o Chrs tian and pre-Chstin cu tue in whc h t cam to sn the

interconnected o mnd ndand body the movements o het nd sou states the ount o e mystca centre o the unvese evoked by the otus in i but aso y the cosmic ose Trparasundar in nda whch symolzes the eauty o the dvine othe. epth psychooists such as un hve emarked on the closeness n orm o otus and ose to the whee as  mndaa or eious symol of ndvidua onin or funes nd for unty o dierent aspets tunn on the innte cente of ll bein as n the ose windows o chedrs Rose symbom s ound in mny of he rea tey works o the s o fath in the thteenthcenuy eoy of courly love known  he Roa de a Ros fo instance ut bove  in Dntes  d. hee the vson of  spirual ode s the o o evey e ocuses on the vst

3 �  Vru ofowr

sybli s f dali wtnss ad ta fd a a sws  faif lv as  appas  ast il f Paads av passd t  lls  iwad and ntia pd by ada ad twad by lvs  pals  ss f sawass blssd ad btwn  ans y  ad   t s s d n piss t a vin f t avly Lv a vs t sn and   sas h  n n a gt o goo n Mak h Cato s o ll n ng h on Ct than H a n  rl a o  ht h n  oo loo a zon o g n th un s on b .   nto t yo o t ros rnn , n gt xnn,  ot t gaua bloong olnt Of ra o  n-nng sn  . . Bt l  .  

 Rss  rsia Igy

n aiqity and f  Rasan w vivd  tadti ss aan and batif   ddss f v w  sad ws f Vns pdi), and  aly wi Rd ss w a sxal and ti sn a daw  w by wits andw asssaid n ast vy   w ty nwn t av nad w Vns d n a tn wl yin t  ad f t dyi dnis f  bd f f  wnd f v in  d s and nd t wit pals d  Citian npa t  was  bf tat Jss wa wd wi intad s as ad ta  dps f

Sas ad Ro  5

bood from hs forehead became the rst red roses as these testmones to his love toched the round, or that red petaled roses rew later fo the soil on whch those drops had falen tradon sadMadaen that  oses werethe ormerly red but theAnother tears wept by Mry durn passon soaked ot the color of one bsh and prodced the rst white roses n enera, amon the qivalences of Christian con oraphy the red rose is the hice hodin Christs blood, or the wond in his side, and, by derivaion, stands for the blood o the mays For the baoqe poet Anes Silesis each human a rose becase wth theand mae of Chrsts sol own sso oflove to themprnted point of serin death, yet beatfl wth the pmie of rebrth St mbose says that the red oses of chasy ow in the arden of dedated vrnity To mark Thrses canonaton, a olden se, symbo izin spirita strenh and knowlede resrrecton and mmortaly, was plced n te sants rih hand by adna 30 September Vco Ps XIsose leate on Epyrean It reed oy antes of the but 95 the rose o spraynot of ses n wh o set wth sapphres blessed by popes n the Snday of the Rose (da oae) or Laetae Snday the forth Snday in Lent, and iven to deservin princesses (o later commnites) t can st be seen in her shrine at Lise15

Sain and Re hrses own rose and ower maery ke that o represen tt of  was ti it t ti    the sants, and to states and other poplar maes of them n devotonal books and n holy pctres, that s payerbook · and missal cards

36 � T Vu o ow

O Lay St os fs to May as t os of osty (oa udo) a pats a at  ao to wi oss w wtot tos ti t Fa o i

to oria si  cotss votos, ois a paitis fo t a Mi s owas, May s t Mystia os (Roa ya) a t os wtot os, as tr coiv  wt oia si o sii  ay  sai tat wv May a Josp stopp to s   i io yp a os at ow as Mary's  os co saat to w vv aft i ) ,os oo o  oa; aot  o ws op, oy os a i w fo  S s of oa a S M of t o (aa Maa dla Roa) w i s o t at Js i  as os a wt os to ica pity S ao appa as t V of t os a wti a paais apat, of faa s a vat owrsa aws o ts ta o t a ss a istss ova o t Sooo  Sosi  a witi  a os ow o o y a  or  o ita, ot  a wit oss syozi oo a ik, a ts  at,  vity, ov, opa sso,  ty a si to t pas sio o  So,  aso  cacy Sotis yow tat is, o) oss a a o sini Mays ory o attat as srw os ptas o t at Or Lays os a as a ou oluu o cos oy a was particay si cat fo s as a  wi Ca, ts a sar r a cotai  is ow act ar, o iviy syoic cos wt aot ts ts a pats w ot wi ik tos i t cotro ata asap osi t  t Sists

Sas ad Ross � 37

who walked there members of a family carey chose ad cutvated dressed to a seemy order yet oe to the lmtess bue aboe ad free to receive the drect beets of heavey ht ad urture Thrse had a seca deoto to Our Lady. Marys sme heaed her mysterous less6 o  3 May 883 whe she tured toward a statue of Our Lady t ow seeed ore beautl tha aythi  had ever see to radate erfect oodess ad tederess ad to smile irresstbly She recoered om her sychosomaic scess althouh her scrules dsaeared oly  ovember 887 whe she was o her i way to Rome ad visted Our Lady of Vctories Church aris Thrses t rayer that we kow of was addressed to Mary whom he asked to free her ltte Thrse from her costat worryi. O 8 Setember 89 shorty before her death she asked to see the mae of Our Lady of Victories to which she had attached the tte whte ower that her faher had ve her whe she sad she wated to eter Carme It was the same before sheShe hadmaaed kelt to to ray for udace wheure wr Sowhch  a Soul write her last rayer aso to Our Lady ad modeled o oe of uuses that she woud have heard i the refectory) o ts back  Mary f  were Quee of Heave ad you were Thrse  would wat to be Thrse so that you coud e Quee of Heave Oe day Thrse told Ce that before she ded she must wrie a hym she had o dreamed of comosi: a so  hoour of Mary eery-to th that she fet about Our Lady. Shethat had eressed ever warmed sermos about Mary that said she coul ot be mtated ad that her ory esed that of al the saits. Thrse rotested that a mother would ot wsh to outdo but to icrease he chdre's ory ad sad that althouh Mary was the Quee of Heave ad arth she was more Mother ha Quee She

38 �  rtues  owrs

wa e a Mas ea f wa v sp  n May 189 e on of May, s so n p    sn o w  as  po , aso o O a  S Bn ( 4854; fas  1 y) oss w assoa wi S Bn  n  n n n   a os si owin a  Siao, w  a  n a , w sai o  sn fo  ona a s  was p o av pan a s o ovo pa on y on in  an s oii n s oy  S ia ny ; fas, 22(as Nov)  paon sain ofrd si and sians s san in  a a  wdn) was sad o av n a paiian o y r fa o Vaan, aso a paian  a paan S fs o ay Vaan as  was no a sian o  of r vow of asiy, an sai s was a y an an wo , oo, wo s if  ap apis Vaian pos o sp  vow fr s ap is ano wnow is anw ia wi avny ossan a a  wn naa o  of sason Varan a w ay for  fai iia is sown no ony wi a sia insn   warin a own oross Wn n ay, s aopan y in) vsi ias o in  aaos S sai a ni s saw  aa sn o ias ayro s a no f any spia vo ion for ,  now knw  a ason wy s a n poai  o paon s  was noas ai voi  taofn as a siian a sofof  sw on s san n  a o   vn Spos    mo a deoo o e  et ea loe as fo a iend Se ame y os paro a wel a e  o my mo nmat ots or a aaed o  aoe al e   e

Sas ad Rss  3 pct abandonmnt to God and hr unoundd ondn n hm    r lf ws on of mlodous son n th mdst of b as 

S an  r svs o on  s o iias ob an oo a o i Ts n a oaoar wi a arp o syboiz rs sinn ons o prais o s  T iary o owrs i na o T po o ia 8 pr  8) r  o n po on isn or inay o  0 anz as in  annr o aarn, ro wi  vrss on ias ai ovroin r  or's arny ar akn Glorous Sant o God n cstasy I s T p f nn lt y f lt blo; nd stl  tn  har you havly mlody O your clstal chant hr too t soun w now   y x    t y Upon your nl rt l my you  d s! Almos quald h wr yo 0 lly ar ulaly p nd ow dnly blst Mos chast wht dov of Rom hrouh  yor f on ath No othr spous than Chs your hrt dsrd to nd. H hos your prous sr om your ou  bt, And mad t r n ac and tus all combnd And yt a mora cam on r wth youth and pd H w how swt you w,  wht sa owr And thn o gan you lov to wn yo or hs bd,  stv wth hs stngh om that momntous hor In hs btsml rob th yp of nnocnc Vlan a last th nls c bld

0 �  Vir  owr In aw h gaz uon ha grav magnnc h aan crownck bo w h o amon u Frh ro n h hn  h gan r bar, Pur , zzng wh, o h rong har h r In gan o hgh havn ha boom ho bloom ra Bnah h ray o lov rom hr Cror bl

0 o ar o  h rr o ro

Shal crown yor bow, xcam h ang rom on gh No voc on h n ng no mot ong o  valu byon rc h t nay.21

s ddiatd t po to Ci o  twtyst iday C was st v at o w t si at S ad vat vowd  to God bt was ondd  ds wo w o w ad to b aid s dstood  dtis ad, op tat s od p sad C tat  dd av a os voatio   t po ad a tt to sow ow Cias stadasss sod d   sst s o i St oi ota was ptd to a b a id aty d t oa pstos a was  ad y t  dii Covt o isix, w ivd  is i 8  atio o  ast  88 was to b t  ast fo t atity of  s was ad  qstio; ty w pad a a o St ata oitas siysows oo iboofpotoap ois ofo 888 s a d s was sad to av svd as t od w ot was ad o otas wax y O t sait astday ses at pt a p as   ir ro o  ad s tw os ptas at oitia's stat

Sn n Ro  4 

t Dooty (Doote (d  fest, 6 ery Dooty ws  irgin mry of Cesre in Asi Mino wo wold not eet e ristin fit Te omn goerno sentened e to det, nd Teos,  sie, ws sid to e moed e on te wy to exeton He sked er to send im oses nd es fom Crist eenly gden Afte e det  ild ogt Teoils  set of roses nd les nd e eme  istin e ws exeted lter Atog Gerd Mney Hoins in is wo oems for  ie of Doroty ortrys e wt lies lrksr, mow nd  qne, Doroty is sy sown olding oses,  sket of tem o of ses nd es, is rowned wit oses, or dies wt ngels ering ose grnds yng to nd o oe e lines 925 intng of Trse sowed er in  smilr stne, oldn te oss nd  n of roses t Eiet of nry . Brtisl 20 d Mrrg 23 fest, 7 ovemer Eliet, fonder of  osie nd er o te oor, ws te dter o Andrew nd tron of tein Emeror II of Hngry lemgne e rtised ret esonl steiy site of il et nd eeted setks. e is generly sown wit er ron or l fl of oses ese, wen er snd ws nting, se serety took  sket of food to elieve te strv ing oo He etrned sddeny demnded to see te sket, nd, een tog oses wee ot of seson, fond it ll of oie semens, ot red nd wite, nd divinely  ermed Eiet le Trse ws tweny-for wen se died t rnis of Assisi (   82 226  fest,  Otoer Te sint of oly oety omssion nd lttleness His tot dedition to God in site of sering lled i wit te weetest frgrne nd mde im ike  rose oe te rives of owing wters (qua a ue v aq uau) tt is,

4  T Vtus  Fws

a awlss da abov td in t owin ntis blow H too was an tnal os  wot ons a  of aspation to pft lov wo told is aadn  soldbt always s so pants to pd opat wsoffottadn ias not fo fo t sfl ov of Hi wo is alld th "ow of t d ad t  "ily of t valy  and sold s t asid pa t of t fo al l swsin pants and tos w bin fot fai ows tat in ti t ty it al t tat ood on ts bs and ows to t pais o God  Fanis was a odl fo s in a nb of ways S said tat s  adid is fsal of odination noad o ps  pofond onnHis o bliy a ps and nnl t in sit o f  lttn ss  into wat aontd to a Fanisan oa of wndin sson ndavo wit an taodinay tapsal lan so ta  sital ativity wod a n ba to t aion of t wold and fowd to  onsaion of  as  S foowd is ontion of oy aid lifs tias and wafa sin o sists fo t at of GodS wasvn inspid by is insss spt o won n lov t  and is  lt of t ild Jss at a ti notab fo its antfns and indn to dn bt spiay by s disnnt o Gods psn  in vn inaniat a ts  paisd y od fo o Sist ot at  wo stains n nos   nd pos so n s ows of s divs olos and pants  W  wa dyin sbas asd to to fo t Sants aid ta ofb sad iity t t LifLivs of Stof anis woldand not t  S ans d Sals (5662 fast 24 Janay) so and oto of t  Known to Ts o is spita tats Itdut t t Dvut L. t

Sit  Rss  3

was followe by er fae as se recors a se copie fom eeatotes a e piy sayigs fom e aes, uc as We e e of ove s  a ear  e ure i  es out of te wiows.  De aes sistece o a ml, peace l, osat attetio to e feegs of e eat, o gee a so selfexamiato (tut bllmt t ucmt) a o seeiy a simplciy ater a e seuous emooa eo a mixe fear a love of e esu trado accoe wi Tses pracce is peseaio of hs avice as a seies of orgialy compose osegays coag owes of evoio om adio a s recomeaio at ose leaig te ways of e evou fe soul o te same, wee ao ueces o e ow oio of owes a gaes as vie meapos  Basil e Geas empass o aseicsm povery a e elgious ife  commuy as a eal socey woul ave bee ow to Tse, a De ales' aual was also a cae fo Basl's use of te ose meao w ega o tibulatio e great St Bal t saiden: tat at he re ang the trn addesses tis entrae wic is st agreeale i this wrld, 0 rtas is ngled with sadness thig therei is ue; regret is awas jne  glaness widwhd t arriage cae t fiuess ignn  g eese t hnus dis gt t deights and scness t eat e se indeed is a eatiul wer  t gives e geat sadness fr it rends e f  si r which the eah has een cndene t ing frth hrns0

t Rosalia of Palemo ( c66; feast,  epembe) Rosala, bo to a obl famly ad th daughte of te lod of e oses Rsrum omii li a is, of te Lo of Rosae), was a icla em vowe o castiy wo appeae o victims of te pague ae e eat. e e aoe i er

44 � e Vte o Fowe

ve we er norrpe oy ws on ter rowne wi roses Se s sown wit  r n  rown o roses pe on er e y nes St Rose oLi  i Per 586 . 67 es 23 st) Rose known s e ower o te New Wor n te po o Sot er ws oo ua oa s eti s  rose)  orie erse ost piy in orer o ree er wory tveness n espe te rre er prets were inent on oin er o ener rter n e oister Se woern sver ire ste wi sl spikes or  n ons) enet o roses Se wore in e e so  te owers se ew to ep er iy n 6 wen se o none er Poe eent X s s to ve ee te e W n nin sint  sower o oses is st s kely eitey roses ine own ro even n tretee to ne t Vin Te Pope epte te rle  s ipos n te sower stoppe ose s epte witte  rosry o torns srrone r e wit s se s orne o evenyyoses er oivin Stor e Roar

Te ori o e rosry is os to s t ws proy orient n e o e Wes  te nnt ety Pope eo X ppve its se te ery sxteent entysts Mss n enree ssin Ortoox on toi es ve osries w vryn nes o es Te toi osry s 65 es vie nto teen sts o ten s es e event to  ve or Hi My n tee e es e stnin or  Or Fter  oy e to te Fer e ne oes o e Lin

e ory  5 oaum  rose grden or rose bed nd he rosry is sid o he begun s  wreh, glnd or srng of roses Rorum

eeny bee  er for e rosry sef  soe ie in he Wes were ino rshed (possibly wih rose dred werrse ndpes oded sosened beds o e dred polshed nd hreded on  sring,  hey soeies sil re in he Es The word bed' isel coes fro he Old English geed or pryer nd is drecly deried o he eqilence of eh ed coned o  pyer sid The osry s  grlnd of prse nd  wreh of ni  ws known s he grden of or besse Ldy n  he rown Or Ldy of he Rosry of heof iles of of heMry', Virginn Mry3 Ae bee roses byis one process epoicl deriion Chris he Word ws de esh s  rose plned by he Dne Grdener n Mrys wob,  rose grden or new rdise Eh e Mr' (onssng of e phrses nd e pels sndng for Mr nd hs  rose n f h we er when edin on his diine yser echoes nd nowedges Jess hris he Wrd nd ose ered nd plned God nhd Mry nqi  oecion of fe poe orbysyings beenSine known s n nholog (fro he Greek ho  ower nd o  colecion or orlegum for i ws like  nosegy or posy Coleions of pryers nd deoos me o be known  ower grdes' or grdens of he sol'  soe poin in he Midde Ages oaim so ce o designe  hoog o sred poems or exs A peeciois  ineeehenry oen o sere Or Ldy iniher grden by recing he rosryryig required  high degree o sophsced mdcon or she hd o blend bsr hough wih onree deil in order o ed e siuneosly on n inebe ysery nd on n een n he ie of Chrs or Mry No srprsngly, in spe of her deoon o Our Ldy, hrse found he repeie pryers of

46 � T Vir  ow

the rosry moe dt to rete thn werng n ntment of penn  Neverthess s ws he stom she ws bred wt  rosy n h hnd Whn r L Nee wrote to her ster onie, on  0 etembe 0 to desibe the exhumton of  hrs's body h mentoned ht he ross from her osry ws stil in her ngers nd th he hd gven t to shop emonner s  sovenr 

Re and Bd The fe of l esh s the blood hereof s he be remnds s g  7. Len n be mon ny oples test to te strengthenng nd fetng vte of bood s the vehe of the so nd of nobe nd generous mpses; o bood  h -pnp g o ve e  s ower pnt or frt; nd o the ssoon bewen boo nd roses s pomses of rebrth fe sre  oses gew om he blood of the dyng god Adons n thee e mny onts of wid roses sprngng from bteelds drenhed in the bood of heroes s fer onesves when hremgnes ngs dedhe in tory defene of rstendom n hrstn symbosm  red ose snds for the bood of  mrtyr nd by ssotion with blood, my ry he sym boli btes of re he sngh nd dine sength he ve-peted rose sgnes the ve wonds of hst the bood owng from them, nd the resrreed ife t promses s sOtober been ed her when d nght of hse the sol pssed dringhrogh  reretwht (8- 896 she told her Godefrod delne tht she ws robled by evere dobts bot her fith He dvsed er lwys to r  opy of he eed ne to he er To show e ediness o gie her f for God sh mde the oy in her own blood  h sered nd died from beois te gret oge of

oes ad Colours  7

te nneeent nd erly twene enues e rs sgns of er mpendng det were ppren wen se ouged up bood on Good rdy 3 pr 1 6 3 oses e so ome to stnd for ts feture of er dsese nd for e self srl spts of er eptne of pn nd ulton cordny, mny postuous mges sow er odng te red roses of ryrdo

Re and  s n seulr fe, so n te story of regon, ed nd wte e sgned rous forms nd nsnes  psson oe, suerng nd purt n one ne oews og  te o muny of sre s  rose, red n ts st nd wte n ts ender spect n Crstn trdton e nterpl o red nd wte rnges rom te Od Testment (ss toug your sns re e scret, tey sa be s wte s snow toug tey e red  ro, e ll beome e wool' 1 1] or te bdes decton n te Sog o Sogs My beoed s te nd [ 0 V, to e New Reelons of mn ruddy ed nd  we  no nd ee eon  e o r    ], or ose wo e de ter obes we n e blood of e Lmb [7   fro sybo ons su s t seentenury nng of rss ob ordng to e son Bede n  mture of red nd wte or St Bernrds e ose y ws wte for rgny, nd ed fo loe nd e yst Henry Susos rden nd urt seen   rownolours o rednteoen nd we trugout oses,  te wy to wrngs. e two donnt Trses Se pes ore epass oweer on wte tn on red e epesents bsoute pury of tougt, endeour nd beng It s te sum of  coours, et s te bsence of oo beyond tem  s loted before reton nd e begnnng of fe nd fter e.  s ystery t te ert o, ye so

8 � T us  ows

nopassin t wod of pn t is  olo of vnty, andiday ntiaon ptany sbisson and passiviy b fo  invntion of passon b also of vla tion tansation and wit  taf sd nto t bill iant  alo o ob tatolos standsa fosb t xpn and nowld of God nd  was tansd bfo t and s ots ba dazzln wt s as no on on at old ba t Mak 925. s was bon in anay t mon of wit snow and   ot sold t dliat wt a known as ot dA o.  favot ows w wt oss s dass ad t t   ds ad  novs abitaif w wt Ont  Coon obn day s ntpd a sddn fall of snow as a sn o God and was ovoyd to  owak o t oad ad ak t w  e lke   S al bt dntid self wt t olo wt and sd t polay b n  a tobioapy wt t t wt low of t tl nd ndn anspt  wt a oaofam n w s is ays wt ow vin t ays t on StatoWi t  wtnss p itya  tofoot n ltts lin wo woldand bo lly ofdaln wtnss in avn  s sd and did o  tblosis known as t wit dat  assoaton wit wt ontnd aft  dat S was potoapd on  datbd n t md of wt oss and lls Wn  ls w anlatd to al on 26 a 92 t on was dapd n wit and t atafal dawn byin fo ys stan s was apasond wtw and oss siv s and n w wt pls bdls and ns Many ttons by tos wo aid to a sn s aft  dat dsbd  as lad n wit

A Healg Flwe  

 Heang we

Throughou the age a purg quaity ha bee acribe to roe pet hip, br, oo a ev  thr om he oer, hic hae proie perme comeic a remee for may ictio om oeblee to aty.  e eight eet ceu abou oe hir of mecie ue ome par of he oe a may of hee ere i precribe i the ie eeth ceur. oe ater ha bee ue to pur icroom emple churche a ree. The preetay ue of e eea o of the roe, he quee of oer i aromaherapy reache bac o i itia io i ehcetu Pera to he practice of the meea alchemi for hom re a hite roe a pecic ee meaphyical cio a to he famou Nicoa Culpep per a herbalit of more recent ceurie o recomee roe remee (om a pla goere by Veu) for epresion ancho eio for he , igetio a erou yem bu ao as a silu to pasio a cocepio Ra cal centurie he eaaches apothecary's roe haFor bee cale o bygallca ebait to reat hteria a ote copa a ou hae been o o Thre uce Iore Guri a phamacit ho maage he ierre oure phamacy i Liie ui 888 He per fore oe of e ctio of a guaria o the Marti augter a a gofater o Pauie t i o oo facil to uppoe ha Thre ou hae gaie ome olege

of healig himofa hi famiy Afer her eah a at umber of fom mracle heaig ere atribe o Thre itrcesio o her iect actio a e meica itor a reptation of roes but ao e empai o accepace of ile an logig for pritual holee a completio  ae cotribute to te tent of faith a eoo at pouce thee reult.

50 �  Viru of owr

e' he Fa age

n ecar ymbm, w an rnay' wer tan fr chlhdnatre smpict, nncence, incerity, an npretent, npe an prte vte ne by artfce an cmmerce. hey were epecay chehed by Rmantic wte an pante  h ate eghteenth an the nnete nh centur, r whm the paal re  a chld particulary a g, in a ttage gaen  again a backgn f  we, epeente an dea t et aaint uan e and nta pcn Ruskn (mch ea n Fance, , n Threwth lietime) Nmady te ed ceed heathele n thet mmt, and taveed y eautand  and inua el at nce t and eclde, rutl and w'  a  exmpe  th beec e  ate  rein an maiative ener He ummarzed te cntemay view  mm wd we a neither eraded and tte y any hman intererence', r the eem ntended o the olace o odna huany love the quet tende, contented od a peole love hlden the a the go luous and dsodel eope ejoce n he gatheed Te ae the cottage teasue; and n te coded ton a a th a ltte oen agent o ano the ndo o the oes n hoe hea et the ovenant o peae Paonate o egous nd conteplate the t ond eve nteny    To te hld and the gl the peasant and he anatung opeave to te getteut andtotete nun the o ove and onk tead ae pecos alay. en ee poe thoghtuness pecous ony at te    ;

Althuh hre i s en acated wh e, he e qently e a mall ninicant we ch as a vilet, r a cmmn r meadw wd we uch a a da, t cnvey

re' oher or Imge  5 1

the cental pnt in what might be called he dactc me in he s he she is teachng n she ten pays heself as an nay ittle we, plante an nutue by esus i Mays Oushe Lays Flwe stength that veden yeas late unfled hegathee petals nsuch the fetle muntain fCamel She als efes t Jesus an he Sistes in Came as wi wes, an n ne ccsin in the same cntext he Flwe was ne f twentsix pems (ne f eac mee f te cmmunt that ade up hses fth theatca cmpsitin, he ly Beggachi at Chistmas, inspie y a hy pctue Fm Cb t Calvay, (2 whch Siste 89 MathaShe gavehd he n the aythe  he Septeme panned playPfessin s a quasi lituica eemy e he eve a n Chsas ay the cmunit nelt ee the mane n de  pece ence the piess st; picked a lette at anm fm a asket; then hane it t an anel (Siste Maie f the Euha ist wh san the pe. Each Siste as inte t ive esus smeth  f hesef  a le he hea an s n  hat espe syliay he Hly f ms He ase nt f ts u Chis  heeuest le whe and entie hee eceive the pem wul medate n its spiitu meang A the eath wth now i oeed ywhee h whit fot ign Winte and  gloomy io oldohei on et the agan But yoot ha loome lowe Of the e wo oe o eath Fo the fthe f hee Wee etenal pg a ith. Nea the Roe of Chitma Site I the lowly gae hde

2 �  Vtue  ow  be lk h hubl or Of ha Kng h o e4

Canic  Cine, n connection wt loe nd er n tere my, eoke  rnge o id memore, g nd ond o te countyde nd nture rom ll te ltte ower, tterc o gentle, troug te wet ed nd dtnt ll', te mell o roe, icng te eter', rnnng on mo', ctcng ttere utterng on te ern', te rgin oret wt it mytero ower to n ne, erwnle, wtorn, re wter le, oneycle nd egltne'.  e olowg ower nd orl mge re te mot mortnt o toe reered to y re  ccont o tm  t ted to e  exte   e ower menone n r work t concenrte on te ymolc meng or re n ow tt ymolm cn ring or elt nd nertng cloer to te dine

Ater at tadania e ter, r trort, ere i nme rom te Greek word ate tr In te ngge o ower t  emlemcl o n tertogt,  otcrit, rememrnce, or cre coniderton, for i come into oom n ctoer, wen oer ower re crce re ge n er to Cle eery yer to com memore er et dy, wc el n tt mont re cl t  Cieower, nd e contined i fmily tr diton eorget coent y kng t ick erllown  lleClne S. onnot o lk Clneoe e my ert erng t to you  Corower aea cyan e cornower gie deccy e un rememee  te  ower tey ge re were cornower S e mde

re r Fo Imge  53

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4   rus  rs T jc u ye and ntuct u suls sus has ceat a multtude f lttle dases n the mnng I see wth wnde that the sy pa a tuned twad th dawn thy a watng f th unupn t  Thethe mmnt that adant sta t cats nth f tscalyces wam eams them shy lttl we egn pn and th tny ptas fm a st f cwn whch et yu se thgh t the lttle yelw hats an thus ge thee  w a stng semlance t the eng whch has tuched them wth t lght.  thgh th day th das  ne tak th g aze m the sun  tunng wth hm ntl nn g thn whn h ha dap peaed they uckly fld up the petal and fm wht cme sy us desagan. te Vgns  .  the Dn Sun and th daes a h n h madw Jesus has many dase t thy a spaate and ach ecees paaty the ay f the sun One day th Sp f Vgn nt dwn upn the eath un w lte aey pned ud tght tgthe th talks w ed nt a nge stalk and und a ngle gae thy gew. gthe thes lttl ws nw one si1gl wr, smed and nw the dule day ng ts gaz Sun cae utm ts wn unuemssn .  upn the ts eyeDne f catus  le ey dnt ttly epaat t I knw that J has und u heat tgthe n  mallu a fashn that whate makes the ne heat at t the the atng t. Th am gaze ahed  ul a gae mmd wth tas whch th le asy hs sl t dy t hml wht ptals wll e th chalce n whch the pc damnds wl  clecd e pe tn pnh the wes p eged wtwhch hennt ed heat stles gaze n J.5�

Oy y (crysaum uamum e y tt t m  ft  te g e t  

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ily llium cndidum e liy caries a multitue  asciatis i teature art a eig t s the we  exate a uappacabe rak r vrtue. e wte Maa ly wa a embem  Mary r cetues, r te petas epreset e pysca puity a the

6 �  irts olowrs odn ants syo  spiial piy i an ow o a it o   ts ( )  t was tot to t p li and tfo sands fo nassaila o pf innon and vniy nt Sip, sini s divin  tion of sal aon nationst siy a iy aon als, so is, as y ov aon aidns (Son of Sons, :), and ods onn fo is t  onsid t il s of t  d, ow y ow ty nt to no spin (attw 68) n ty t tslvs fal into ods ands and a ty lotd wi is a, vn Sooon n all s loy was not aayd lik on of ts (d) Silaly, t ily syos t alat onptlts ion oftoO adyand n Tss po St i, n sva lin, sw, ttoily stands o t idal ondtion of a viinal id o f is  n  own of ilis s potad lii   sol wo ad osn and w osn to opos ss own S      day  y vy d f Ci W i d   b i  i u a a upd N ay y viia  u Mak  i    A   yal liy Y S l b   D vy c  '  Ad a  vy a-did y k  lili v l   5  O -i byd

s also paintd a as (odd on  pantin on pa n y  s Pain of 7 pl 80, vn to n on   wnyst iday)  sowd t Holy a  aon oss and is psntin M and Ms Matin and

r r  mag  5

thei chilren. The tw white e at the bae f the c were her fathe an th the ve liie an the Hy Face wee the ve aghe an he ientie heelf a the liyybize hafbce by the ei fanStVenica f lily b he f brther ite whThe ie in infancy Nt ny becae they t  ytcl abannent  iine gace an  peetine chice bt becae f hei pwel fragance lile wee ften fae a we f an f the ea htgap f The n he eathbe h he rwne with liie Feey iri pcr; iri grmanica) he eely  eei) i the ee f the rench nacy an a cete tippe with a eey i he attite f the archange abie, epecialy at the Annnci atin The eice wa ciate with Jan f Arc becae f her efene f the iviney chen Kin f ance an f he anctity f the eal ne . Jan wa ne f The eine, an he e ein iinte wih pece erely when laying an f aAc he atic he ha witten abt the ant The ee a apeae n il in her chih he in Alen\n y f the aey cal maji t nte belhape we ften  e tea an hae te t itatn a a we f w an cain. aitinay, the lly f the aley igie icity, incence an nane can,  happine egaie n a egi cntext i   pre l  ne nfe wth grace  n Chitian bi t  Chrit hielf r a Chitie l n ne line f Chtian eintepetain f the yb f the Sng f Sg Sng f Sln the aley i te wl  the iy Chi The ly f the aey  a ae wth

58 �  Vru ofowr

  of lf ta gows n  an of Paas an sgnis  sposs f o wc w n  wo of sn an xl can aways look as a s pos of pon an ansgaion a y of  valy s Jss   oso o s, anfs Cis sas on soly o sow s ow  lovs siplciy   n  s o Clin pacaly a o 5 pi 893, s obsv a  isincv aliy of Clins a was siplicy an a s so no s o la gan a is civa) ows o Jss f o slf as  ow of    iy of  valys cf Song of on  Ma 680)  wn ss  lily of s vays bca ansg as  Sn of Jsic  an va islf as  gowng nac of nca ov n ne   le owe n o of  avn bco is wop, wo ascn k a lig vapo o w  n bo w  b  a a of lov and w n fo niy n  a of  vn Sn

Pal (pox datyra)  ay cc aop  pal, a pcssional sybo of ay vicoy as a sybol of Ciss an fo a Cis ans con s of a cf Ro 690.  sans fo scion an ioaiy an ay aso signi  so isf s ss i in s sns b pnnly as t pal f  ays  ong s oo c o s o win  paof  Vcos H posays oissonay ass ay  pa nsias y spi ogs o gaoO My bos an n n sal pac   ays ss ny pain  ol s lig o win a gac s was b wi a pal fon o b in pc conion wn  on was x on 6 pb 0

r' ohr or mge  

R (hagmte ural hagmt ommun n Srpr  r sans for wanss  war an sa isan an  win bn Kngs  or willnsi sra a r on s in  war rn  isasrou    ) of a nbr of rs sanay an yray assoia w  ros an foring a s of rfrns pay  on sy oay as y Trs b  os in ngs ansao n aoran wi a wnown obsrvaon of ais Paa  gra n svnnnry posopr an sn s n s Pene a an bing is ony a r  was nown o srong narnb a inng rsn rosa pnsan) rfor awarnss of  of wi an nar is nonsios or r robin on Trs ri a r as  isinv bl for r loing Ts was soary in  si Car wr bs wr s in prfrn o n S p rsl as a wa  in  oa oars n a lr o Sisr ar o  Sar Har  0 May o rslf as a s wasign li ar, w o888) bn s wrfrr  sligs brz; lr o Sir gns of ss Pan) (4 y 888) T l R ofss' an onin  syoi  in  ollowing r: Sois sal p s of win ar or nsppor bl o  d an gra sors for n  sors i s bow own o soa in  sra a  ovs b  sal ps of win o no bn  so low Ty ar  pinpris  Saxfrag T rooping safrag (raga cuor  ngr or rav saxifrag (g rdyigows on ol wals an ros an n y sany gron  as wi owrs ony   in iar apparing in oos srs or alon  owrs ro Jn o Spbr Trss far pl a

60 �  it  low

saxfge fom a wall hen she nnonced that she was gong to become a nun  n one sense it is ths particu owe she is thinkng of when she potays hesef as a tte hite owe the opennghe pages of he utobiogaphy sameild time itn ymboize desie to be no moe thaAtathe smpe owe in accodance with he Lttle Way. She also des cie s hesef as peced ed and suounded by eght lilies (he fay). Because the saxfage is also a niatue il as she eplans she is aso one of the banch of ies who wod soon be togehe in heaven  (oa odoaa The viole stands foVioet modesy and hmy n Chistian t diton t is ssocated with Chsts earthy fe usually s an nn thoh it sometimes aeas t he foot of he coss n ntngs o e CuiXion Fo Thse the voet o s nassmng sent esents yet anothe iey of simplciy The briiae of the rose and the whiteness of the ly do not lessen peume oreated the violet or oes the sweet of the dais . the .  He ha aso esser who smpiit must be ontent to e dases or impe oets owerig at his eet and whose missio s to gadden his dne ees5

The scent o manifeton of iolets is ofen eoted y people who claim to have been helped by Thse. n the 1920s uce De aue-Madus nevewed the caeake o  chateau ne sie ux: n sieux the sa there was throughout the conent afer her death a perfume of voets    I don't ow about that  met nothing then But there are oh ers who d id. Vioet  hould hn roes rather Oh No Madame t was the same when the ook he bod

rs oh r Imgs � 61 m the gud hy rte o  he boos that her bdy sme o ss Bu  as voets d ayay e voet  muh more e Sster hrse h as so modest. 

ha co) triicm sim ha sas fo abudac hs old Cli tha o da sh was wodri how o sa sous ad mmbd hat Jsus had sad h hars dd is ra bu h abours a fw. Pa  hrfo th ord of h hars ha H sd forh labours Sh w howr that Our ow oaio . is ot o o hasi i h lds of rip or sus dos ot sa o usmiso owisour s oo a th lds ad o rap hm Ou s oi' Na h d of hr lif somo bouh h a shaf of cor h picd h mos bauful o ad said ha h ar of o was h ima of hr sou for God had trusd h wh racs for hsf ad fo ma ohrs h mo sda aba  h nh-cu laasupass of oour wscharms. h wh mnot sinid Your uaiis  ow om u o Auus  25 Auu 885 h fas o  ouis of ra hrs s  h fath ouis Mai who wa isi  h Balas a lt  dcora d wh a ow sw o i ad ld b h wods: Rs picd i m ard 6 Cax l cals) Th calx' is h coli rm fo h spas of a owr h bracl owh ha pots h bud bfor i ops n ai smboism it s h cptacl of ha acio of diiiis ha maifs thmsls as rai or dw  rch i mas boh alx' ad chaic ad hfo has a obios iios assoca st  Eish bu dbra

6 � e Vrtue  er

noked n Thse's wngs. When she desres her s Communo she s Ou Ladys le owe and he alx poes he as ays oak poeed esus;  s aso he ha e haFlower paadoxaly Then he geaer Fowemrauousy, of he eds reees and Lly hm. o he aley, hooses o eome a le ower een smaller han Thrse, and aows hs mohe o pae hm n Thses ume proeon jus as he desends n o he ommunion up  smlary poound mysey s enaed whn an nsgnan owe n he axhae o he soul he ees o reatures do ot othe to pause upo a tte C/iowr yet ts whe up s u o mystery t as  it ear a great umer o othe owers whih are o ouse the hide o ts  (sos) ad h  whe alx is ed wh As though t were saied wth ts ood   . Cie h su ad e i  a upo ths te sgat owe ad do ot wthe t o oe tis to p it so t stas gi  Yes or sus aoe as see t it ws he wo reaed it ad o hmse aoe Oh B te t s more otate tha the gowg ose whih is ot or esus aoe71

 yea aer hse wroe agan o he ser he dear lle ower o expand he magey o he ayxhae of he ruu sou, where rue reeds ue, enlosng no merey owes u a as numer o oher alyes produn hone no o e gaded jealous o s own sake u eleased, whou quesonng he purpose o esus for his myserous puposes eoe he wne of deah makes all hese reasues of sueng and self-denal so many ausaons o wase The message is ha Cne-owes ha feser sme f wose hn weeds Oy the bees ow he treasues eosed  its teious ay ompose o a muttud of sma ayes a equay

r ohr Fora mags  63 rh  .  eu and the angel    who le the bee now how to gaher the honey ontaned n thoe many myterou alye whh tand or the ou or ather the hlden o the rgnal le ower72

Cra hre wed he prizebk, Chad oogy of Pans e abe p 4) i agg  th ra a a er peta dred gether th tat  epre  he egeta wrd  . . prag the had f Gd  n the monng  ee wth wonder that thr roy ooa are turned owad th dawn hey ae watng o the un to e he moment ha adant ta a on ot wam beam upon hm the hy ttle owr begn to oen ther aye and the ny etal om a or o rown whh let you ee though o the te ew ea and hu e ee w a  ee bane to the eng whh ha ouhed them wth ght A houghwh the day neer aewhen thehegae the un turnng hm the untdae eenng then, ha o dappeared they quy od up ther oro and om whte beom roy gan

 he g pe eeber Jeu  Beed ra are the wer wh are ther ie ad aed t the pt  ite epd t Gd e a h hepe  the gatherg f the a hae Your ood your tear a uul ng our Mae thee orola rgna not po And to thm grant a wondrou hoy ore or wnnng ou o er you and ador

64 �  iru f wr A vgal heart s  yet pofoudly tue Moth o oul  a thugh y hat bod th you To thse vrg owes that bloo Oy o brg oo ses hoe 74

w  a auae her i a co emaic coeco bee he roe he coour pik (ai ruum, Fch r), ad dew moure, ad a efrehi raifa (a r Frech r), ad raed wod uch a prkle (Frech rrr) which i quie o i Eh he rm pik cam no u o, nsh wh e osea os cooud d oao,synoymous o i h a ce uy bu adualy epaced hoe roe adeci  orma sus. s aects nls vsns ss wns wch ecsaly obcure he lyca ad neded aoc ao bwen e, pik ad dw  he oial xs, and epcaly he smbolim of eeeao ad nao o ifei myey abued o he owe ad o h coour y u(dew) o h coecowi wh dw ad a Roe  dooa ao mou ue hany race Fo your dw i a ada dew, ad he eah wll ie brh o hoe o dead (aiah 2 19)  pear of dii be i, ad he drop o redempi bood alli fom Ch woud ach o he drop, i mediea ad baoque i co oraphy a he raio hrid om i,  ao or poduce a oe pea he e are iar aocia o i Frech re A aeuaed eo yemofoecoepodece exeded h d of o h m wod oe, wawhich a m par of Thre  hk, ad o f h naoa, inuc ad reiou cuur. h wod r (dw) appear a a f ime  hre wri .  wa a ich ica e rm for o kee a obeer o h aura urroud  he auobioraphy

 oh ol mg � 65

when escbng he pei jus afe he mhes eah, she emake ha f Jesus ha n avshe hs sunshne upn hs e Fwer, she never cu have becme accmaise his earh Sil  weak  ew bea he  srm, she  neee wamh, refeshing anaingenle beezes  gifs never enie her even in he wnry sesn f ials 7 n 9 Cline ha wrien a pem enie ew' (a Rse'), whch hse ke s much ha she ha leane sme passages by hear7 e eers  Cline fen rely n ew symblsm hs is especaly ue f ne f5 Api 93 o appears weny mes n Cline in which he wr mus emain  dop  dw hien n he vine cup f he lvely y f he Valeys7 hses s pem The ivine ew r he Virginal Mik f Mary, was wrien n  Febuay 93 a he inss ence f Sser eresa f S Augusne, wh aske fr an expanan f Jesus nfancy hses sues were a pas sage m Guranger's uil Y an sm ecerps fm

 Augusne imagey f hecrine wr b he rseSheanae ew he  wn iusrae a icu Much  hr nam n relgin iser Thrse f he Chi Jesus an he ly Face, cmbine he ieas f Chriss brh an assin, s she use ew as a meaphr  unie he ncarnain an he eucharisic assn Yur ew is Virginl Mk an Yur ivine bl is Virgna Mk! A rsebu unrs uner he rays f he sun an is nurshe by esh rpsarms f mrning ew, us as he infan Jesus is crae n Mary's Thoe oe e  oer nen e e  o ome merio poe The orm he p hen il rene nd open pe of he hblon oer

6 �  iru  owr You are the lower with etals stl unlosed I gaze uo your beauty undeed You are the Rose of Sharo log foretold Sti i your glorious bud you heavenly Chid Your dearest mothers arms, so ure ad he, ow make oo a ol cdlhn Your mornng sun is Mays bosom brght Your sulit dew he virgial l my O

The ofen inoed he adiona e of dew (roe) a a meaphor for he bood of Je and n he poem and eewhee eended i ymboim o Je ear o f bood Remember your dread hour of agony Whe blood ad tears bore wtess to your woe Depearls oflov rubies so fa to see rom whch booms o virgia beauty gro A age showed the harvest you would reap Bgig gladess hen, although you must weep Ad tuly youlies couldme9 see Among hose

The had a bnng deie o ae o fo od Afer eading in  Croi ha momen befoe hi eecion he mdeer Panzini had ed Je wond hree ime The wa conince d ha he paye on hi behaf had bee n anweed. om hen on he onging o ae o inceaed daiy. She e ha Je ingfo o he a he had o he Samaian woman whenwa he whpe aed he waer  wa ry an ehange ofoe I poed o he Peco Bood ofJe pon o and ha  gh ench hi hi I oeed o Je hee ame o efehed wih he dew ofCaary She prayed conany fo he owe o hmaniy o gow o fne hogh he dew of edempon

e e a mae  67 Yo, Lo now we y so's ost aent paye  ong to ge yo ths Eahs es fai png s fo o my Liy o aoe Bapze each one with e then pc te o81

erme n Cahli irg and devin perme as f he sweees wers is ered aal and mephra in hnr f e dvne fragane (his bea sa be e he ive and hs agrane ike Lebann sea 6) js as in he anen wrld essenial s were exraed and mixed and nense was ered n empes n hnr f e asrpassing perfme f gds and gddesses he sble f a perfme s like he niqeness f a man sl Ea wer as is varisl persisen sen, and eah persn a spirial peee h nge hgh he  he Pee  eansing, priing and minaive Eah pan is a lamp, and is perfme lig Vir g Arding  rse, e e e g  G' l-pe gne 

a r ea inuar peme as ve repn  e in f Lve is divine bld w  pn  peal and is hrn er s  ha he perume f r ve an brehe fr'2 In a pem  Mher Mare de nzae n her ieh birda hre desribed her a ess sweemeling wer' She d Cine lae ha ear he ost feent coninste sie thaoft consec e ae at Can pe oo exeme, ha e oght to vethe with Matha ing to e the vee of o ve with the pees containe n te   . b ae  oes it matte that o vee ae boe, sne es i onoe an sine n spte of ie the wo s foce to ene of he pees they emit, hich see to p the poi one a the wo  is awa y beathing4

68 � z ir  owr

A he assocatons of Thses oes f the puiy ad passo of roses hte ad red asprg to fumet  the garde of the utae Rose to the de-fed oeess ofes ecedofbyther the perfume frest Ly of the Vaey are sumazed  the age  lv by lv what flh  g S c t h wld Ruc  that dle jy Dt wat yu rm  uch trva g  l ad gft  ul a y  ve  A t   g  F my I ee  ae bu ya Fm ieume w w sgg  we Olv  die

ad ur Fa  w m ahead  raa u f my ay M eam lve my uit lad Where  f g  g yu a  i he Ll  te va Whe mytc eum ely giv, B cmft we  a ad a Ad let  tat h ac feav.8

Thse devoted he ast ords of the ushed Mau p C o a say gaphc usrato of a that she meat by the eet odou the eoed reeshg hs oes to hm ceofesus as  hae she ad saddag she coud foo hm oy by keepg o the starpatte hch h scbed o the dakess of fe ad by foog the taes of ght a d fagrace hch he hd e  behd h m As soo as  ope the oy Gospes  beathe the peme exed by the fe ofesus ad  ko hch ay to ru  

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1873-1888 e ose ha with o eat ees o see  Has oweed in God om a etet. Angeus Siess n he seson o oes te tees seak so oove. Vto Ho Agan a agan  have otced that a thug m ie nate has eeced  een Tr oLi

re regou  of etetc el oue y te zel  prto e pret ot w Lo  e le  wte to eter te regou fe ut o ret reo, d bee eect by ter coe Orde T og g w o tee tt t ter mred e w tt of two cebte, ke St Cec d Vle  Louoep-oytu Mrt w bor  Bor eux o  gut 1 H te w  cpt  te rm d  devout Ctoc Heeed movedofm Avgo te oug d, we  tetood Lou w etve tc d rttc toug omewt eoly, d dd ot olow  fter   tr ree He pet  yer (4 wt  cou  ee were e took up cok d wtcmkg T tcte work ted  dee fo lece d te oportu to medtte He w

72 � 18731888

argey sef-educaed rig his echcal raiig he led wo hick oebooks wi h uoaios om a wide seecio of classical ad moder auhors he seeeeh-cey theo ogia moralis Feo of odad sough proofs for i whose i he reaise wodersoofheheexisece aural word was oe of Louis favouie spiriua wriers. mog he Romaics he preferred Lamarie ad Chaeaubriad, who irodced hi m o he cu of aure he soorous am eaios of .   romaic melacholies reechoig hrough he world ad eerity  He foud he oakcovered graie ad ad fooe of Brittay most cogeial Lke ous Rvee 'un Pmene eus sy sler of he he eoyed walkig i dramaic ladscapes which Sare, assured his spii ha he prese was a perpeua mome i w  k nohin g, u f u  mean  hey raised hs mid ad hear  od  843 he mde a pilgrme o he Hospce of Mox e fams ea S erard moaery  Swea, whee he hpe to become a mok He kep a smal ower as a memeo of his visi adadofwas hisprobaby ietio. t was i he famy records i hs mdpresered as years laer he plcked a whie saxiage om a wal whe hrse sad she waed to eer he Lisiex Carmel For he Maris he lagage of owers was a importat way of expressg heir mos cherished ideals ad, e mos people he they used pressed owers o mark ad recal sigica occasios Lois we back o Mooux wo years later bu was reeced because he had Lai He retured o abado leo a o coiue his sudies bu o i heah forced him o hopes of he reigious ife veualy he opeed a eweey ad cock- ad wachmakg busiess ad worked hard a his craf. heise he was recusive ad bough a hexagoal owe kow as the Pailo as a rereat ea he Rver Sarhe i he souher par of Aleo Louis ured his io

1873-1888  3

an atere hine whee he kept a few prta bk and h hng takle. e planted the nding land wth wer and a walnt tee Hnte wife MaieAzle Zlie) he Matin brn Nrman had aGn n de 3 Deember 83 wa a  ter MaieLe wh ate beame a nn at the Vitatin nvent n Le Man and a ynger bhe ide Zlie heath wa vey delae and he ered fm ntant head ahe pibly inded by her paent everity and mnde tandng f he enitve nate  that he hildhd and yh wee hrded in adne Ze t waneate edated he yaed nnbenme Alenn he wanted life t Heat Gd and a Vinen tan nn bt wa reed entry beae  her health  ntead he mateed the ntiate at  oin lenon laemaking and fm 853 ran a vey el bine  m he paent he He devtn t he ite MaieLie the   her ', wa a mde  that  f he t he ite Cline Marie e entry t the e Man  nvent dteed Zlie deepy annt havenbeen witht aet ma rage tand i Martn yna Zies few mnth 3 y 858 ate. he ple vited Marie-Lie at e Man n thei wedding day bt a Zlie td he  daghte aine later th y emnded he f the peae and am he had de amed f er hband mrted her f he hd m n inan  even think that  ma aetn wa ineaed ' hei ner peaded Li and Zlie t hange thei attitde afte ten elibay. eaized that ttmariage me extent theymnth ld ffl ther hey wn nealized relig vatin by bringng p their hden t dediate the live t Gd hey wee t have nne f them ver thiteen yea. Zle had beme mady fnd f hl den. he wa ftyne and L n hi ate ftie when he the lat hid w bn Ze deded t have n

74 � 1873-888 moe She ws amost mobdly peoccupied with deth o she hd ost fou childen nd e Puine Lonie nd Cline wee hiteen twele ten nd ou yes od She ws lso ied out by long houstbe o cemking busness is unnng miy nd chi wos Bddng 2Jana   732 Obr   

Thse's ssoction with owes begn jus te he bth when  sml boy knocked on he ns' doo nd hnded the pents  poem by  mn beiended nd hepe d by Los nd e teYes he hd hd times tined the tin pediction: budflen newyonopened smle Itt con the dwn  You ltte bud wil be  ose one mon  y the end oJny owe Te w n ogoene ts he lness h d led ou ohe sbngs Aer  month te docto sid  wet nuse  be ound o Tse wod de e contcted Rosle T  we nse to the ly n the ps nd nown to them ectontey s Lte Rose' She ws Thse stil besteeding younges chld ged thteen months. ws sent ohe Rosles smple thtched house n Sem  sm ilge  few mles to the noth o enon ied s  pesnt bby o just oe  ye nd becme plump nd hethy Rose took he bout peched on bundles o gass n a wheelbaow. e awenng conscousess eceed mpessions o medows nd owes the smels o he fm yd nd new-mown hy the scbbling o chckens nd coceels theRose owingwent o Redsin te y Once  nd wee to Aenon metcow to sel he m poduce nd too Thse to see he mothe who wote seel tmes o e sisteinw descbng Tses ttchment to Rose to whose stl she hd to be tken when she hd been let t home but would no sop cyng A the beginning oApil 874 the outeen-monthold Thse

uddg � 75

had to ake a dult adjustent by exhangng four surrogate bothers fo fou sisters, and the fe of a ountry peasant fo a bourgeos ton exstence. or soe te she ould cry f she Rosae passng indo on her ay to arket, andsa Seall becae thethe verdant paradise of nfancy that she never forgot During her rst year in Care, she ecaed hat she had surendered: Never again shal  see cornoes, tall dases conpoppies oat s or heat 4 Cine and Mare, too ere ond of Rosalie. Cne rote (17 April 877) to her rst cousin, eanne Gurn, to describe the vist to ttle Rose, and ho they drank lk, payed clbed trees and a sing said their happiestolf, hoday experence asade to vist Rose,Marie and that she as enchanted by the eds of heat studded th dasies, cornoers and poppies  Siilar ages of the Noran countysde ay be traced  ouse Santo Belocs  See d a stoy that geatly pessed the youg Thrse and contbuted o e ae of earth and heaven as oe gardens one spoled and nadequate, the other a fuyrezed and perfect doan The by herone dreas shesetting sas along the Path of God foed the re ection that of the sun o the sea, before steppng ashore on a agcal and shaded by agicent trees and lled ith oes and birds she has never seen nor heard before The air as pure, light, bay just as she reached t, as she put her itte foot on the soft and oery an    she oke up.6 Thrses faiy as ar and ovng Her rst eories ere fulasofvery slesintegent and tenderand caresses. She as child, assessed advanced fora gied her age, and extreely sensitive but th a vey deterned ll hich her othe charactezed as stubborn The faiys eistence as centred on their Cathoc fath Athough engaged in busness, Louis and Zie sa ordly goo as reecting heaveny good and conceived of their ives

76 � 18731888 a a que o anothe wo th wa he ue ahean o whch The an he ite wee exe an o which they ut away ape oeoe o hng an eteata nto the countye wee in ou he ae o ecation hi equent pigiage an they otee he oe ohe nata uouning a a oeate o heaen. To accopany he athe to h pailion wa a ea an een though he chien wee enco uage to take an nteet in the geanu an ahia in thei Alenon gaen The aoe  the Sunay walk wth he othe in he counyie Thee wil owe unny cone up o tege oun at ong neal an a eachng to the oa ante oe une kie aine by he chan gng coou o he ay wee eh an ibeaing copa wh     h wn n    w be I n tl l th vvd n ot  mon  m on my hl  h ht y th vion o t onld tdd ih ono  lov oi n a t Evnt  that ttin vw ni nd atly i na a od  th at o n at hi l on  and a my o to vn7

Fo a e eal age he ente he eane to aociate owe gaen an oe wh eah an e ae en beoe cace wa one a the aue o Ze ickn an quite apat o he chen he ha ot the coan eee eah nwih he ye o Ch n a eotion o a peio uchoobee  Zlie wa e kee o rean a akg abou he e o ao ae an  n 876, when The wa  thee he othe  wa ee in he bogaph o S aoe Roaie Ze oun anoie epeciay atace becaue he ha ake ne o any appaiion o he ea on i he wa hning o

Bddng � 

he and loed he The stnt ssed he tht in heen one ws completely bsobed n God nd hd no pn Aond this tme, too,  new gdene delghted the chden wth stoes Notschool ong befoe Ze had witten neofatded the people bodng n Le Mans ttched to to the stton conent whee Zles sster was a nn, to te her how Thse hd hgged he sd how mch she hoped he mothe wold de becse then she wold be n heen n hd shown her ecton fo he fthe n the sme wy Bt selfscce was moe dict to ccept ter one wl, Thrse ws bsy mng owes she had gtheed nto bnches Gandmothe Mtnltr piced otnotced the besttheboqet nd clmed t fo he pte Clne ters n Thrses eyes bt the owers had to be srrendered he fms happness was soon cloded For Thrse a plesngly age concept becme mmedte realty n December 876, Zle nwng to wory Los o r her chi re wh he healh na cose a oo abot he reappeance of  tmor on her brest t ws too te o 24 Febay 87 Doothe, pate she reeed  r her bowmesres whe heOnter, ste Me ded. n spite of a werng plgrmge to Lordes the cncer deeloped rapdly and Ze ded too hen Thrse ecled ths harsh chdhood oss nd beng held p to iss he mothers cy forehead, she typly sed orl magey to nterpret her ordeal n  menn context As ey sprng owes begin to come p nder the snow nd open at the

st ays the of winte the sn,ofsotal theand Lttle lowe    hdcp to led pas s throgh he her decate wth the dew of tears  hrse dd not show gr et emoton t he r mothe s death, bt the eects wee pofond She becme sd shy and extr senstie bst nto tears at  oo fm a stange and was at ese only wth her family:

8 � 1873-1888  ou Lod had no ahd hi uhin upon hi Li Fow h n coud ha om acmad o hi ah Sil oo wa o a ih ain or orm, h nedd wamh, rhing dw gn r winyand on o ia   gi n dnd h n in h

Bfor sh did Mdm Mi hd sd h bothr Isi do uri (r dput grdi to his cs o d  hous for th fmi  hm i isiu h sd prss for  big grd or t s  pot wh th chd coud pt ows. I Novmb th Mr fm movd o  wch  chlrn dh ppd bmor  blvdr' md Lsh Buissots uphoios drivio from d s Bisso ts'  th m of h disri c isf  th o r wa a mall lancap garn br by shb  and a

h r  spcious gd wih mssv ucc ts o h w  hd ud gu d shr fo pout d bbits d ohr cosur  d sh fo duc. Ths's pric of hr w hom ws bissfu. h

w gd viwchm ppd m oug imgi iokch Its iuo  . d ddd fo iostood i  ui pr of h ow wihi  rch o   buifu pr id o u wih owrs  .  m t hr  pdd d I smd o if oc mor'  h rdi d Eoi  h p bhid h cthdr ws  spci grc ubscibrs wr owd o pic som ows d i bc m o of Thrss fvoui spos Lisiu ws s i   pst v h migpc o f o v h Ciriu d h rg Obch ds Tou qus sm I wsrivr s roudd b pstud d g pp ts for mg Cvdos th Nom spirit ourshd  rodsids d i ds s w  s orchrds siu's wth w s bsd o vrious ti fcois  coo m ri s d is mr  ws so  griso ow Mrc ous i his grt ovsuc Reebce es Pas (A a Recece

Buddng � 79 du mp Perd) dded some fetues of sim pces he hd

nown when n the m nd mde it Doncies  ge mst pce whee it is ws uun nd whee n esseni mse (which hse eclled tnsmute the nd pemenchol goes of gded gs mps ndso even ugenotes nd gidng t whees nto  hung eoy  Pesentd Liseu is  shdow of s fome sef n hses ifetime it contined n pictuesque fteenth nd steenthcenty wooen houses soe of whch wee decoted wih gotesque cvngs ut most of s dweings wee dngeous inmmle nd the Mtins wee sved  the e ge on n t est one ocson he of nequte housing ws noted contempo uve Fnce  Jles Vene, who d no pse o he own ut on fo s eutiu nd ttctive evions2 he tetie ndust ws led in decine nd unempoment nuptc, lcohol im scness cime nd the suicde nd motit te wee on the cese A e t of the oulton w ntcc een ioent o s w te ocl cn neppe, Le xoen hehs eonge o nd oc socsdoe ogn ton sthse up to comt tendenc he unce un, monchs ntSeme ntiteunionst nd nti Feemso, ws n outspoken egous  potic c pgne who suppoted the v htin ppe  Normad In tnul es uissonnet on the nohen edge of the twn hse ws potected fom the hsh spects of fe n Lsieu She ws cosseted  he sstes Pulne, now he su

gte mothe, whe she woe nd the pes toethews hethee fm entein the cthed  sd the Doo of Pdise (a Pore du Paradhed Mss dil Afte wds Mie gve hse eding esson n the ftenoo she would wl with he fthe o st on the ie, osen ntue nd  demng of heven whie he shed in e oues n e ooed  e ss n te t 

8 � 873-1888

dasies, talle h an I  .  spakng wit h id ewels'  Oasonally afe homework, she played in he garden, mak ing oored mires wih seeds ad bark or herb eas for her who preeded o drnk hem Of orse she was fondfahe, of owes, and n a reess whh by some good forne happened to be n he gaden wall, I sed to make lte al tars and decoae them' .  In the evenng hey payed daghts or a smar game, or hrse sa on her ahers knee whe Marie read alod fom an nstrve book sch as om ranger s L Y. ater ois sang a soohing song or baad, or eted favorte verses befoe evenng prayers wee sad and  bd    ove, famy ad natre are the man themes of the fy

ve stanas of he ane of ne the poem n whh  ed he hdhd emos  ne's wenysh brhday n 8 Apr 89 he rs hyne sanas oer le n Alenon and a es ssonnes and he me line devoted o her faher, whereas he seond half deals wih lfe in armel, he redsovey of naral beay n ess, he evidene of hs ove on earth poning the way o s and flnss n heaven  od the swaow gaefu ght The tedoves ow cha t nght, The vey oud of nes shng brgt he gassy vaey whee they thog n sog  od to e gowwom gisten

Ner to God the stars  heaven Most o a to see the moo ee he sky by shg sve brght At ght

Bdding J 81 he grss  s wthere n ts e The owers wthin y hns re e Wey ow een es og to te Der Jess n e e new Wth yo

In yo I he the sngs the rs The onete the os he eglnne the hee on the hs The trelng ol, sighng ow An sow

The e n l tt ey ir A cresse oy y the r The ocen toche wth ier everywhee n yo ther tres  con  f1�

n ne  878 The' an Madae Guin woe o Paine o ay ha he eceived ega pplie o aw beie om he Main hen gaden ha he geani wee oming aong wel; and tha when he went tee to pik two boqe o oe The peented he wth he own tiny oeing of hlapi oaym) A yea ae Paline k o h  h h bby o ow o h' , and tha The wa planning o gae vat bnhe of ie o the valey fo he Jadin de toile.  A ew yea ate Madae uin wote to e he hand ha ey she n Me ce hoe l ece ot n ltte oqets. Me h conowers hre h orgetmeno  w eecty ge They wee weng ther Beton

2 � 873888 apo wt we-mae bouuet a t ea o te oe  o te hea, at the en  ther pgtal, an even on ther hoe. Oe wa oette the the Buette

Nuug 3 oer 11-Novemer 16

When he w eh he ben her nhppy cee   ppil  he Abbey of O dy of he edow he Benedc ine chool in ie n eby or ch 6 he w wihdwn fom the chool. n  Plne left he fmly hoe o become  nn  he rmlite onven in e The Thehedche lt dd ytlln nht h ed bnfo o erenve from ne nd n mot  yer nd w no eoled nil  3 y 3 when Ths xp O La m as a oa of her relee from depreon nd ny o  new phe of he life. Pne encoraed Thr ptly from behind he convent rle he reped he e for her r Com mnon n 4 nd pported he thoho hi ime of nne mol d fiy Every dy Thre wed o chool hoh he rden of he forme bihop plce Alhoh Cne nd her wo in coin were  he me c hool he decrbed he ve yer pent thee  he dde n her lfe. Once n he porryed herelf   owe hoh now  one ed to ptn o i fil roo in  oi pecaly prepred fo  ch  ower doe no e indly o  den whch it he wh vrey common of ohero mny them hrde   tel, nd dwfrom heofly needhn Thre w bih nd ndrio bt nbe to m wih he ohe  who hd deen e nd mbion he pen he ree me plyn t bein  herm wh Cine or edn. hoh in  c wh mch olde r he w wrded he op mk nd won  he pe nd hi ced

ururing � 83

ome eaouy. Mareoeph o h Cro rememered tha Tre wa eerfu and alkave n er famy or wh the Grn ut ound her hoom nderen to her hb ua outpourng' deaown o enjoyment he noy gme of drenHer o er age u owa pkno owe o o go awy by href n he garden or n he ountry to py he hermt" She oved nure nd the ngng o the brd' Ahough Thre deed Paune deparure  no ony a day o tear u ao [one] o enedton, when our Lod gahered the  o h owe om o gaden, 2 he rememered her nguh a th ddon o he o oRoae nd hen nd heronan moerprng2 Lfe  Terer really whereemed ueng onatu wthof Paulne w many by orrepondene and onverton hrough the grlle durng weey vt No long after Paulne le ome, Thre ueed noher blow o her eeeem Se loved o eth te countryde nd er ler, told h thre t ha a tee acrce  ad been or e o y nohng when he w en and her faher f hete woud kehd o ntervened tke panng eon e lne ked Her ede Mre hply obeng tht  wud be  we of money ne The had not the ae apude a Cne en I told her h need have oy epred her wh  do o he reped  bu I dd not ant o reue God anyhng"  22 The bene o oh her ther nd er ter Cne eted er everey Paulne w ohed a  nun on 6 Apr 883 and Tre wa unae to pea o her by herelke In ddton he ould not prepre or er rt Communon her clame eaue he w oo young She hd o ve a er uncle houe Thee and o er epernce popel led he no a py hoogl llne tha dd no ny reove te un Crtm 1886 She grew o hy ht he w oen hough o e nompeten nd upd Puln wroe o The n the

84 � 873888

fmis owe teminoog to s how the woies she ws cusg mde he sch  ug owe    o woud be moe ovbe b showng me some beuti oses o ou fce lws sotope thebouuet wi hve co me To ndmke oep mefo soon boquetof o fwoies oses ou Thses stte of mnd extende d to he bod the ve sigh t ofwhich toubed he I ws not t ese in it  ws shmed of it The docto pescbed wte the p but she coud scce endue beng undessed for the tetment. ventul howeve the detled descptons of owe insemton nd popg ton in her pizeboo k hds eoog Pput her own obsevtions nd deutos o  pespetive tht heped to e he exessve sefonscosness. hen une ezed tht Thse ws we o f the fct of fe she sked he siste how she h d doveed l h  he epe tht whout ee g fo t she h fond t out fo hesef  nture b wtchng the owes d the brds. Thse o emded he ston ished siste tht whe the nge Gbe told  she woud be  mothe she red kew evethng  for she sked  know hm How sh this be tht seeng not  mn? It sPulne not the knowledge of hings s ev Thrse ssued sice vething ht God hs mde s ve good nd ve noble Fo those whom God clls to tht sate mige s  beutifl hing I is s whc disgues nd defes t  Flowes nd he devoton to  lso contibted to Thses emegee fo chldhood depeso   wa y degh o weave gaads o dae ad oge ots o Ou ady satue We we he  he ovel oh o May d he eah ws do d wh he owe o Sg    Oy the te Flowe dooped ad seed to hae aded o er B oe be her wa a aa Su he ros aue o th Qe o ee   . ad oward hat gloous Sun he o wou oe r2

Nutui � 85

eep pse b hs daghers ilness ois Marn een tal paid for a noena of Mases a he shrine of Or ad of Vctories in Pars o oban a cre for hs le Qeen Thrse to hemaor c Thisdemonsrato n of his faith andwas loeoched was aoher factor her cre Another was he r sdden idenicaton of O ad as h er real moher who wold neer deser her. ke a ower ha trns its head owads he s  she be gan o n o he a of Ma ha had been so special o Ze. Thse ooed bac o  Ma 88 (Penecos as one of her as of ace when she deeced an nspeakab knd swee and compassoae  ook on Mas facesages and raise reaized ha Thr se hs faded o wer cod b eas its head agan and co me ba co life Wht penetrte to the vey epth of my o  he cio e ntnty l m pn vn ...b te el entl ter o pet heeny oy   The Little Flowe  come bc o leA briht  m he loio  h bht wth n h    O a Fo ahee h n h h ve ye le he nole h pe on the ee mon o Cml26

Paline clearl came o see the mporance of ower mager for Thrse whose concepon of heref as a ower gir and n he conex of owers encoraged and ndeed enaced he recoer and pogress. Paine made een he simpe paning of a dais seem a ceremon for Thrse and wroe o e her onge sse abo he beail owes of he moment and in armel: pse dasies gilowers m dearshepheds le owe th pmroses forgeme-no . . showing me its ble ee and    sang "Thin of or dear chld wh he ble ees who is smling a o om aa  hen h oed u ad  uqu o Te l epored Ma seemed al radan wh her lie dagher's owes so se said a bg an o o Ma as ender as 

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was b nd  beed her o conne her wor and o cp ee  soo  n her lees pepan hrse fo he s Conon, alne slfy swtced olease eal the o sybolc by sesn tha hs e shold Chd Jessowes by oe n h all he owes on he pah then they wo ld o only be a ee n heaves adens b o he ow cown thee one day e addressed hrse as he lttle sebd of he ose bsh of y aectons who oce opened p by the enle n o Jess love wold becoe a ose ha she, alne, wold aae o s bes advanae She old hrse a d en shold oe spealy e Cldess pe boe ade p s o acts of ve, owersaaheed n he very bea arde o enleness When hse lad e be a e b he e as o he hoy hd wod pess he dea  bo e o  ves and he  l owe l also enly o s e a Becase hey wod bloo n he aden o paye he payes o od and  ady wod aso be vey bea and aceny scened hse wod daw oowes fo eveythnjs as the athese honey he nes  When hre wa sbee l, al asedf her e whe ose ha she was payn o Jess o ae p hs bsh o colo wth a heavenly and lasn rby he pao o yo daln chees and ae her a y esh ose  se sed sa aey in he r leters  wat o b bette ad i e   pu a petty tte owe Fi wi  ll e oe Chd u or yeu Como    ow appy a i epepaato wen e  oes   ea o ae o y oe owe o oe hm

ro Febray o ay 88 as she prepaed hrse o her st o non, anes owe aey beae o e nese She deveoped a sptal daloe pon he e

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roses wy to rmel  whih les or symbolim gd wth hres ow d beme estblhed i her obry d  eset them  her spritty. t ws  tr progressio for hrse dedte her Mrpt i whh the ower them to predomtes to her ttleA Mother. Ple hd lredy preped ie for her rt om mo She ow set Thre the frt of her pte  opyboo oered  be eet wth the tl  M embroidered  whte b y oher    oed ety- pges oe for eh dy with  deore border  m ted dte of thethe me of h owerofd  oto thtprefed tted he set ower ts for etios ws wth pryers Pe sd tht Mre wold epl the boo d help hse to me her whoe grde boom for he gret dy whe Jes wod ome to ret i thi itte hlds hrt i my heresits hert!    sleepg mog ower hrse fod the boo etrig d the pryes sweetseted ie oses. What a beautfu pure  the ot It   itte oe g t hert to the Ch Jeu Tha's what I do wih e I ted o ador  w  the ovey owerI d o  o oer t o the Ch Jesu o the day of y Firt Couo     I wat  Ch Jeu o e o appy  y heart tat he wot thk of gog bak o heave

At thislmost po tsshetl bg owers to oee of deotof thoghts d tios s moemets the hert grdly woe to  sred trbte wthi he She ted the imge of the ft ess d the ft strrgs of mter stt i  qe ppto of her orl gey he boo she sid tght her to s p  my hert fresh trs prts  oe    ew wth we e da    I

88 � 83-888 ade a nu ber of ite a crice and ac  of ove   . to be tanormed into o many owe to for wth e a cradle for the Hoy Chd.  Te crade wa a ne co nced a a  de web Oe he precbed period of ixyeght day beween  March and 7 May  884  hre ecorded a tota of   949 ittle act of orticaon and ire nde he nae of a deent ower for each day althogh he categorized the a a oe' oete varying the adectve o hat or intance whe roe appea on 1 ach and Chrita roe on 10 March he nuerica aheveent wa eive. By 7 ay or exale by reeatn g Pau e uggeed on a ttle Jeu  love you o ittle Jeu ayinvocati I alway beuch e and doce 2773 te he ad obeyed Pane nuncion to ant owr n th garden whh a  a al a thoe n the little copybook an ot allow oe ingle weed  , n t•  he nterchang ofletter between the wo  ter trength ened the ora context o t hat t eca me not a ee a o but an enti of peaa on for ommunion contruct on fa hre relgiou menaly n 27and andthe 28 Febuary 884 for ntance he drew a tle lot of ny ower o any coour a the end of he beige diary and on 28 ebua y Paulin e wrte to  rae he gardenng bu o to urge her to ne hortcutura eort, for here wa til uch work o b done owng o many owe n o hort a tie Yet a e emnded her ter hee wee aead bd on he ee n garden, we coe out: f your ittle gaden and i n the bloom, f alwoud  readyoon when the great dy are beee hat eu w ot come wh empy hand! ver the next two onth he ree renced the e age hre hould nt reax her eort for even an ntant lot woud be a owe e in the tte garden She thaked he fo h etty bouquet and ince the day were

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passng so qucly and esus was appoachg enoned he no o gow ed of you gardenng he equed anously fo assuances ha he lle gaden was o he way o beng coveed ove wh owes, ased  Thse was awae ha owe eeded wam  ode o boom sed ha o a snge owe shoud escape fo  would be bad o see n you gaden a e coe o so no  boom, ad eve eached the celng o xaggeaon when she assued Thse ha he gaden n bloom se was pepang fo esus woud be moe delghl ha  heaves gades he cooed he younge sser wh he hough ha esus would ee no oy hses bu aues poo gaden a he same me and conveyed an mpoan message I am hesitas Jes I hav jut le heaven o vst the litte oer garden he has bn praing fo M for thee monh     wil never leav he petty liy crad whee I'm going to sleep .   a ong a the lilie d't fad!34

8 May hse the dayday of of heallst 884 a hedescbed o beautfu heComunon days of my fe o he the comuncants whte deses wee snowae and he compaed the actual moment of ommunon to an ndescbaby pecous and evanecen dsllaon of a her owes Some hings lose hei agrane whn expoed o ar and on' ot words w thou inthoughts anty losnannot g hirbdrasaed p and heano nyarthy a ng  Ho st wa th rt ea e o us!  was inded an a oove I flt tha I wa loed an  d: I ov youd  giv yef to you or vr'35

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 � 18731888 Trse used nd s inuenced by visu s e s verbl o es A h tie holy picures (sa crds bern oe soeht debsed ersions o ors by re sers or soeies  cipped phoorpc reproducion in  freo of dn or hndpinted oers or sbos) ee  nd of visu curency on Chocs Mebers of her y sen holy pcres o ech oher on fesys nd spec occsions such s  rst Como Puline sen Thrse n ie o f the ie oer o he Diine Prsoner in preprton for her rs Conion nd Thrse epc ted herself s he tle Whie Floer on he rihhn side of he Coofrs t the end o f Mnuscrpt  . She relied on her on edie ipessions hen setc hin the c ountyside ile holidyin th her Gurin cosins bu hen kd  dc dwn nd nn n e cov h bse tese ors on ies she found n oy picues  f se no felt t huity equred her o b e derivie. Snce he hd hd no din lesson prt fro those oered by Cine nd Cin e iproed n y ofThrse s ies fter her ssters of deth it ould be unfr e s nycertnly citi judeent Thses to. Vis uto ey portnt t o hr . drs Moth I ow som o th bt and strogs mprs son w a oraged m n  pr  a at s good to t bat pr yo sd to how m WlI lood t thm  or pssd dd. h Lttl Flowr o t Prsoer or nsae mny togts at Dne t sgt o  wod ast m sggested to a ndo o stasy .I " wod oer me o or Lord o be  le ower.

In une old pinnroom sh creed her pri vs ord s  stls o edion nd revere hich coud st for ours Se ese copred i o h jube of 

Unrn  � 9 bazaar Se reaed  e a colagea. Among man oer ngs  ncuded an nksand and faoure drawngs, a bas e o grases and owes, a aue o ur Lad , no one caged brd bu an aar ae awa ed w es ower, candes saue of aou san, sework baes and a garden u pended n fon of e wndow were e cuaed po of ower (e rae I cod nd', and nde s le mueum wn e bazaar a owesand on wc e paced er prleged plan  Accordngl, e decoraed a a emple garden an encoure nde e ouse wc wa elf wn a garden; and nsde a conruced an nermedae garden conanng e anoer space for lng owers Se eref bo ower and gaener, moed m one gaden pere o anoer endng e po and plans a were emblems of e own soul Ta oo, was anoer encosure wn e Le owe wee e anoe space  a cradle fo eu  wa acual beng paed enrel om owe  s tl otad seles a owers For aulne, re and Clne wee er Ll moee' and Le Ll e wo dea fo ower wose peue no wated on ear', but ep e heaen meadowwa of er dure owads wc e wee ng e wee m owes' wc e loed on fo e sae of eu'  Se descrbed er medaon on a ce as e beauful fru a ad repaced a owe now reduced o a dscoloured redue e ouful oe and dese of al ree ser, e woe, woul become e e le red fru n e genle un of e Hear of Jeus' em o pra a o erpc. own  ower woud soo dr and o aed ad e cer be good

Uug eme 8868 Ar 1888 re experenced Crma Da 886 a anoer Day of race of Conerson' o wc e rd age of er lfe'

92 � 18731888 had begn. e esoe to ente ame became a the stonge. She anqushed h e ecesse shyness and went o n to dscoe he mission to sae sinnes, which she was sue woud connueo ae but h adthe aeady statedmudeer wth the an con hehe ftdeath denuent concted eson ini , the moment before his execuon o n 3 1 gs. hse had ayed feenty fo hs coneson When she read an accoun of the execution n the Cahoic aer,  Croi (1 Setember 17 she intereted anini's asnte eques to kss the cucx as ods sgn tha her ayers had been answeed. She caed rann her st chd. 4 Sh enironment a egan toand a taught  attentn  eoe outsde he home the c atechism t two ite gs whos mother (he mads eae) had ded, and whom he Matns had taken n he huse whn he h was  She gae them each a meda of ur ady and comared hesef to a gadne whom G od aowed o  cuiat ae and decate ants, odng him wih the necessay skl o accomish i, whie reseng to hmsef he task of makng them smi e with a refeence ooey gaftig Whatgow wo udexendng haen ifher an gnoant gadener dd not ga hs tees? Wha ifhe endeaoued whou undest anding the nature o each, o grow oses on each tees  hre chose he feast of enecos on 2  May 1 7 to e her fathe ha she had decded to eer Carme aer she ecaed no hs exct wods bu h ymboic ac on when he showed her o  ltl w ht  ows lk n atu s whch w gow g  a ow  Pkg  h gv    d akd wt wat lovg c God had bougt  o boo ad p sd  u ha dy I thought I was lstg  y ow lf toy so clos ws th sbc bw h l owr ad  Ts 

flg 93 eeved  a a e and I noted tat  yg to plu te lender bo o  apa  ad pulled t p b y te o o  .   seeed desi ned o ve o  bu n ot e and e ete s l . .  He ad just te ae tg o e byyar peittg to eave te dne valy of y cldod for eeountan o Cael42

Se ftened te lte wte ower o  pitue o Our Ld o Victories, so tht he Infnt ess seeme to ol it n his n n ple t n er cop of te Imao of Chwere it remine for yers ltog te stlk ws now broken close to te wishes me to erstn by hs t he root w No soonobt seerGo  the erty te of h ile lower n wl not leve er to fe ere below '4 I os Mrt ws rey to gree to Trse's wses, her unle ws ot  8 tober 887, Trse ske hs permisson to enter Crmel t Crstms He reple  .   oy te wor  fcy, s  obste It wo be  re puic canda to see  chld enterng Crel44 Neverteess wrtng to M r the lgge o owers wch Trse's le ssws ow so n pssotely coneve nnexperee b both tes Pne exple wy rse wnte to ener the covent,  ws be to perse m to gee to the move. e ompre hrse to  lyb opee before te dwn er le se wrote sol et o o wht he wo o snce t the present momet she ere more thn ee to ol bck this  owere with love o o r lly in ower!'4 Whe viste hm next yPlnes M Grinetphor h ly chgese his min n t he opting nonce hs esion n the sme ontext of owers: I srey kew my le so sympthetc  e become e o loger e y meto of hmn prde ne' bt to e tht I ws  itte ower tht Go we to plc k n he sef wo o onger oppose t

94 � 18731888

On 4 Nvember 88 their fther tk hrse nd Clne n  pilgrimge t Rme t present  petitn t the pe bu hrses erl entr t Crmel. hse ws mpressedSwternd b the beutes f nture she f swmrin s the pssed thr In dtifu imiin nd Chteubrind s he elebrted them s evdene f he grndeur f Gd et tpill inuded her wn prtiur bse rvn f plns mng t brrwed phrselg. She pried the untrs lf muntins whse snw peks re lst in the lud ts rushing trrents    its deep vley wih their uurint grwths f gnt ferns nd purple het her    petr nd grndeur wnders  im even gimpse f wh retse reerved f fre thse wh ve      In the Cmp Snt emeter n Mln she sned ut  sulted ld wit whm he uld de   w wng wers n ts prents grve   the dele petls seem t ll thrugh t ngers he ld ntue  the mrble  rgten H n Rme she dsvered he n wh the rsewned St Ce tht he wuld never frget nd tk up sme frm the suppsed f r her pessn ptrns tmb She mde erth her persn ppel t these Ppe t enter the vent lthugh she ws nl teen. e did nt grnt t nd, despie his nll enurgng Well hld wel yu wl ener if it be ds wll she left Rme in  tpal ed md f pee nl in the depths bu  tubed eerir Returning t rne she pssed hrugh srethes  eds vered wih rnge trees wth ripe fut n them green ive treesss withrept delte nd feher plms s nght fel the ut leves nd shne tremulusly in the drk bue s bu t ws wihu regret ht  wthed this fir pture d rm m ees fr m het w se eewhe w he ws t epeiene e nther perid f tribu tns befre he ittl lwer ws trnsled  the mun tn  Crmel ; esus ters nd bd beme her de w

Unfung � 9

n s ou ook fow to gt wons tn t buts of ntu * * *

Cloo s t ps n mny nntntntuy wts woks w w ompos t  tm wn n u b ss t nspb s of bt n t ults n msvntus of t wol of wok onstntly mn young uls As n Tss s tubuloss lon ut sot mny lvs of gt tv poms In t mst of pn n sung oo ws on  po to ook b k to mgs of unoubt bss n gnun ton As t s fo 89  tows t n of  f wn xpssng  nt lov fo Jsus T s st sot to  mmoy of stwng ows s  tt gl t s Buss onns.  Tss nfny o ntmons of mott s s stuk  tn oos p n p nto t ly lo n f o n t uunn of owb p n Nomn ontys T  ws pott om t povty ntllsm nmbl ubn gloom of sux outs  omn gon but lso t stss g lngs n slkn ngngs of t mo pvlg tl wo s knw ony om t gn otls of  Itln ouny n to  ls g fom vts to ltvs Togt wt pson ps o unppnss ts ts o  wo tt s jt mn s mno sont nots n  mgntv n sptul moy But s  not o w ntu mnt n ttt ons ofmong om  t Ts t s lgs s ty w t mo tms n nots t ows tul n mtpo w Tss nt mn n spt    n u)  fm  loo nto t nos  gn of Cm n vlop t s  unquy sonnt ompoton

18881897 Te sods of passonae mse w a sotay ea are e te mrng of winds ad waters in te sene of a dese. Fanos-Ren de ateaand Never aga sa  see te paes of cdood  Te meadows radan and agng w owers    dream of scens of te sweet onng dew    . o te magc of woods aeys ad ed. Ts fisex

Blossoming: 9 Apri 8 8 8-September  890

T yaol T a  mmat atly oal w s t t st o Caml o 9 Apr 1 888  Carml o sx was stals  18  sct rom t ora oato o t trttctr r mts wo tat to t woo otc op o Mot Carml orook aa  alst to l a prayras commy l  t sprt o t propt Ela rs  t as a postat.  postasp prst t stats o applcao or   was al vot to par a say last sx mots to a ya o clot. s cot crmoy  wc s xca sa o os ss a wo a cow o oss o t a to ymolz  maa to Ct wa o 10 aay o 

98  888-89

fllwng yar Sh th ntrd th nvat (ally latng n t tw yar h prd ndd n 8 Sptmb 89 wth hr prfn whn h tk vw f pvty chatty and bdnc (mtm frth  adddnch a cng fr th k actvy fa  prvw r wkng frg mn and nc agan w a cwn f  avng takn th dntv tp h flt prfndy happy and pacf h  arml wa a dbck bldng c t th Orbc r Orbqt  v thgh h nw aw hlf a a hddn w whch kp t prm nly f avn and hr ac antanc wh t nata wld td wa ppd fm mmy payr nd ading  tha h acta mgd vr m wth gy th ymbc n h cncn h w nt wlly c  frm natr Sh wa xpd t n lght ad aw ant and th ttg t hr thgh th c  tr whch gav n t a crtyd wth twny  bh r trgh th tanglar gardn ynd th at wng hr a wal platd wt chtnt t td a tt hayld  madw whr par tr gw Sh ad latr tat hr h cll fnd vrythng n tn th ft cnvt dghtfl' pally whch wa abt by vn had mpl whtwahd  pltrd wall n rnnng wat n hang f any knd and n cc ght and cn tand nly a bd and a bac bkhlf thgh aftrnn nght achd hr hgh th wndw thr wa n  n p f hr nn calm h dd nt nd cnvnt f ay and ndclt h atbgraphy h prncd pr tal and wa admttd rackd bythatcpl at nnng nadvrtnty by ndng hf in th wrng fam f mnd f a nn: t y knw w dr Mthr that frm th vy tt my path wa twn wth thr n rath than r Mthr Mar d nzag th prr wa dclt and ccntrc ncnd t ddn chang  f md and fancy and

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th adoption of faorits Sh had bn an nthsiasti sp portr of Thrss admission at an atpiay yong ag yt tratd hr sr and ontan had h. Th nun srd prorsss nstabl and rl,diplomati whih old ontdfrom ony th by sbtl antipation manb ors. nitaby som of thm opid hr atttd by soding th nw ntrant and by giing hr ftors or od hinghads to at and similar as of spt masradng as tainng in hmliy. Thrs aptd ti tratmn as srng for God and assrd Cln that sh was happ and was adqaly fd. For aoftm Thrs hadMaris a assring sprtal gid n th prson Fathr Pihon spit Dirtor Thrs orrpondd with him whn h was snt to Canada a  mssonay bt flt th loss, didd to trn to ss hif th ro o rtos and bgan graday to nod in h prsona rlatonsh wth od that w th n f hr spiritalit Ths dd not ld bt rd on rtain doonal maphos hat ttd sfmag as ahart tt owr ndand th prtis bsy taton of hr th gardn o hr as a rtngpla for th Chld ss, whh Pl had ommndd whn prpang Ths for hr rst Commnon. O ntring Carm sh bam Ths of th Chld ss. thogh many pop nowadays wi nd ths rathr odd, thr wr arios dotons to th Holy In fant in nintnthntry Fran patiarly among h Cats Th stat of th Infat Jss of Pag, kown as D Pi Gd holding a gob  his lft hand as a symbol of Chrt domiion or th word n th sns hat in hm a things hod togthr Col 1   7) , stood on th noiat atar of th isix Caml To som it was a spr to sntimtal pity to othrs an imag of th trth xprssd by St Bnard

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o Claraux n he words he reaest o al bens has become the least of al and acomlshed th wonder oe J Fo hrse t he ofound meann o f the un was ear for e p et was both the leat of al and the ttlest  and she had seral coes of a holy ture bearn arahrases of t Benards text he statue o the Chld esus of Beaune stood at the end of the rbne near the h o he ult of he nfan of Beane had ornated afte 60 when Maruete Parot eleen nahlf yeas od enteed the Came of Beane afe e mothers death he learned te eneaton of the Holy Chd

fro the ans nunshethere andtaht amed to he heled he wth wor ethat howeheaeaed sold be honoued from h bth to  wefth yea and eenualy reured eneaton as Kn of Kns so that he w oted wth own and setre uoted by an nenta atron and aomaned by mrales of healn the cult sread n rane hrse ed to deorate the tatue of the Beaune nfant wth owes as she dd that of te hld Jesus n the loster he was soon ut n of the tntle ottoshne of the Chld esus whch shechar had anted rosenk and made sue was aways suounded wth brhtlycooued wld owes and tny rettlyfeathered sted bds As a ostuant hrse was resbed ht weedn n t he aren at haf ast for evey evenn befoe ayes fo te sak of fresh a so she had some ontact wt rown thns Neerteless he was bennn to eet t he relate abence of ed and meadow had loed uh ared n aowe seaf he of wheat andsowd owhen wes thetheortess whch someone had left on the wndow ee of the exen sste  fan the seular wod outsde hse was allowed to take them to he Holy Chd hrne hs stated a tadton of ensurn hat the amel had a eula suy of owers of he ed whch hse ecorded as an morant aset of

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he e hee I gae up  ee he degh  ambng hugh meadws bgh wh  he easues spng . . . e I eeved    an abundane  a he wes I ed bes nwes pppes, maguees. paulaly ssed veh whh she hadhe ped n he unhe e puple sde aund enn, bu when s  aved  mae me smle she nepeed  as a speal avu n eun  he sae. he ked  aange sweesmeng wes n a age baske by he Hly Chld saue bu had  epae hem wh aa wes as Mhe Hmane  h Hea  esus a nankeus eldey nun uld n leae even he sen a vle when she was abu aled pae au wax se nn One he day, saue Mhe Hemane mpan. hse ws sngy emped  e he d s, bu deded  sae he peasue hed u he we and exlamed happy L, Mhe, hw we hey mae naue nwadays Wuldn yu hnk ha hs se had jus been esy gaheed m he gaden? Whle Thse was n Came, aune and Mae nnuedWhen  enuage he vew  wes as smbls  sae n a eea bee he pessn, Mae sen hse a lee enlsng a ve. hse eped ha he lee had led he wh agane. he had had he le ve ded aey and asked Mae  pay ha hse wuld man ve bsue, hdden rm a eyes, ha Jesus alne mgh be able  see he he wshed  beme smale and smae and  be edued  a nhng Me as he a nvan memen he nsbed n he whsen a ypl heeea Chubm  whh hves adna anguage  bda mssm beame emphaay a hey wee asked  lead he devu eade n he Bdegms gaden Wl I be he e pan upn whm he s gng  lk wh peasue and whse we he w p n de  beahe n s sen? . . . Open yu pels and

02� 1888187 bend the owe of you heat owads him  On 22 May Thse he yones siste cowned he edest siste with oses on the day of he mystca maiae On June 1888 he eve of he feast of the Saced Heat Paine7wote to Mai e Siste Marie of the Saced Hear as he oo it e ose of Jesus and on behaf of Thse he dea bud' to oe the blessed Rose of the Heat ofJesus l thei ood wishes and it seems encosed three oses and a bud which Maie as she wote to te their fathe aced efoe the state ofJesus   Thse and he sistes aso sed oral lanuae to eess du ad oole fo dne d id d he incks of communi ife as eveaed for instance in the fouteen notes Thrse echaned wh those cose to he duin the etea befoe he cothn eemon on 0 ana 889 Sster Marie of the nels (he novcemstess emnded he that some ittle owes needed moe shade than sun to develo fuly and that sadness of st mht be the teatmen the dvne Gadene had d eided was best fo he sol.  When Thse wote alne anua to say she in intenst dakness' he sste ased te irtoommon e towas a new y which ht now seem aher eady and naorately eotc but was whoy n ine with the rda lanuae of the Son of Sons which she cted and of medeva and aoue mysicism She assmed the ersona of the Gadener addessin Trse s sol as the ea arden of my ittle anc e and asked he to remain an enclosed aden oen oy to him: I am of you owes Mfit y divine s uchinaone ray amesun o yoddn hateyes theywi wcast ren o he  stant  .  my en my d ove oen to me     d  my sste Thrse ean o ranslate othe naa henomena and eseiay those onnected wth otious events nto the edonanty oa anae of he sysem of coesondences whch was simultaeously famlial and dvne Even

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nowke were conerted ppoprtey. On 1 0 Jnry 889, fter receivng te bt nd embrcng er fter for te t tme re retred rm te re otde te coter to te encoed pteromong te convent. Se nd trned o Cd ming t ower gt tote ndoy te qdngle covered, mrcoy t eemed, o te dy w wrm by  dden l o now ent by im wo ove lie wte  te now  Se d dded o te oly Fce to e nme n eligon  Pne d dvied e beoe e tte of te Cd Je of te rmel of Bene On 26 pr 1885, e ter Lone te conteniy of te HolyCne Fce nd bedTre on ted ctoned promoted by  onier Dpont (77-1876) n obedience to te reveton o te Cmelite Ster re o Sint Peter (18161848 nd gy fvoed by oter Genevve of Snt Tee, e fondre of te Crmel t Liex Howeve dpte tey now eem in n e no longer e d to tnkng in tem of octon tt nte ntr n perntrl in  coerent ceme for nneteentcentry Cld of Je te Holy Fce were loely Ctoc connectedtemge tend ld e owed m contemplng  ftre pion or odng  cr or crown of orn n  nd Sometme  mnger w ped ike  cro In te Frenc devotionl nd mytc trditon derved om Brlle wo becme Speror of te Pr CrmeJe ente ife expreed  contnl ccept nce of i ter mon. tog te in im of te oy Fcecomtted ct w to reprton orTe int nd peme in ke te nme o Je te b rt Crmeite in iiex to dd o te oly Fce to er nme w te devotion more   men of contemplting Je love  n id to te relgion of te ert Like te Veronc wo i d to ve wped Je ce dng te Pon nd to ve received  mpreion on cot o vel) nd

4� 1888187

sul Thse (nstucted by Paulne) saw hersef a he ttle eoca', boh wthn and in herself an enclosed gaden whee she coud conso Jesus. There too she coud be imprned wthwhich his face shenasked the prayerpinned Makeome lke youJesus' she as kept a littleincontainer he chest. Fo Thrse the mage of he Hoy ace n proces sona banners used for occasions of communal woship became the emblem of an ntimate reatonshp with the Div ine She began o see herself not only  the smlng ower but also as he vel of the se She was not meely hdden n Cae bu sought obscury n he deepe sense o a dese o be sundersood he ace that was not reconized even by and yourthus ownmtate discpes!'12 She aso assocated the oly ace wth gardens because her fathe had creaed n abou known a the ee o h Hoy Face in the arden at es Buissonnes.  was presened to the Carme and placed near the chestnut-tee walk, when, on 2 ebuary 889 he was cotted to a pvate asyum n Caen hrse put her pann of the Hoy ace n he arbour whchwas aey of of her chenut Symboicay, was now now near n thethearden hear, trees. tsef enclosed wthn a garden. She was devastated by her fathe's ness ( no longer potested that I cou d suer moe    there ae no wod to expess or gef). Pauline pained a natue version of he oly Face on pachment and gave  o lne Thse was depy moved by this mage of the Face bleedng and suounded by nne ilies on  lne geen stem of thorns, the and showin as thentewined whte lly with whosea branch petals suppored Hoy ace he sem was the mothe in heaven; ther father the branch of thorns chosen by esus to be a vcm; and the four te buds the Matin chldren who ded in nfancy Yes,' hrse wote or faiy is a iybranch and the iy whu name resdes n the mt   . as a kn .. Hs dvne bood

Bng � 

ows out upo ou petas, a hs thos tea us so that the perue o ou ove a beathe oth'3 aue aso woe a praye to the Hoy Face whh hepe Thrse to scover the he beautes of Jesus' or hs eatues ere opare to a esta bouquet wth ght es (eedeni, or o o'ocks as hs eyes a the Fower o Fowers as Jesus h sef4 Wtg to aue who was akg a pate aua eteat Thrse aske he to te Jesus to ook o he, so that the nig iie a peeate th the uous rays the heat of the gra osa .   ask aso that t he er r ay ope ts petas a that the eoous so that coes oh m set s msteos eahg batg  he hea15 The owe sbos o the etters hse oce  the oet, wote to he ay espea those to Ce, eeas he creasg se-kowege a eepeg sprtua y but aso her ee o ata the tercoecteess o ther thkg a a sutabe ee he sta shows whe he begs to aayse he famy reatoshp, the aost to peach a assume the suctoa  e oey practse by Limrt, he her sstes  oeasse ette he owe ybo to eers etobytheaue, usg the ee o ote ota wthout agreee wth the ascue is (y: Tee  oet o entve beween o ou tat ake te o uc ake. We ave awa been toete, ou o o pan e vetn a been n coon     I feel tat   cotnn ncould Cael    o eow fo aa) aae  ate te I telll ou(te tMat becaue te  a ure tat e wte ll wl awa e ou ot nce ou ave coen  ad e a coen ou t. .  . You now tat ou oul  a l ortellee ca n do a e w wt t t ae ltle wete t be  oe place o anote t w awa be otee Te teet canno ae te ellow of  ae

06� 18881897 f o i white scented cx i s Jesus who mde t tht w.    At the side of thi Li Jesus hs pced nohe it fthfu compnion One ws wek he other w tong Jess too the wek one nd he eft the othe so  to embeh it wth  ew sedo.   .eu k AL f H wo ie he w o e them othing but their white dress ALL Hs immortee undestood he site?    Ech new sueig, ech hr's pin, s  gente wnd to be o Jesus the fgrnce of his i; he he smes oving nd imede me ed  ew gef    he oe h  gow in oe te more t must grow in suering too    . We e grete thn the whoe uniese One d we sh he, even we  divine exstence    I th es for tu giving   o be with ou deest ther  i whch nothing rghts   which wod de rthe hn desert the gloous e in whch esu ove h pced i!1"

os   ow apos w assu p tio o a a covtio a w s askd or wa hak to b iv  Idar ltliMar oro hr ca i bouqu t hrotha am iv to Jsu h ad ha I a ak hi  u o ador hr sou wi as a vrus as h ar rosbuds7 Bu hir pupos ad xprs sio could b or cop as wh hrss axt o sur Cls spitua war ad proc h o h world rd wth ssrl cocr or h Th ora ad atura ar providd h cox  which  two its could o appar as o h sa a wh h wro o Ci our wh hrad ail:  .. o m be e  to conepe e n e beu, the montn, the sive ste  o mgicent so ccu ted to ie up or sou  . ite ister et s dech ouees m the erth nd  up to he motin of ve whee gow

opgng  107 th lovy Ly o our ouls Lt us dtah oulvs om u conolation,to attah ousvs to Him    th Fae of h oest nd w htst of s   . in, pur hrs ar oftn ngd wth thons otn n dak nss thn th s think thy ha los th whtnss thnk that th horns whih rng hm round hav atay orn thr pa  .   Th ilis n the m t o thons ar thos whom sus lov it is n thir mdst that h taks hs plasr!18

hse's spit pgess eeed  ew phse wth he pfessn: e ig, 8 Septebe, y sl ws ded wh hevey jy, i ht pece "whch spsseh de sndig I pnnced y hy vws    ' nd,  he se f h ls dy I d y cw f ses      Ldy's fee    it ws wth eget  fe th tie ld eve e wy y hppess' Ye, he eveg befe she d see dess eveywee' s se ws seized wih dbs b  he v ds pelled ly by  e nviesess's dess d Reveed Mers te n 4 epebe 890 se ws veiled ws  t  met hme, Fhe  Cd,Her nde te Bishp l  end, s he cn d md eted   s  tes' d he cy  the litte we ws lled with sdnes d btteness' (rsss  amrum) yet thee ws pee deep dw i my p'  Propagating October 1 89March 1 89 6

hse thw wers spel ss.ed Oe  t ed ntlg etee she t  the ve She hd pyed t St Jseph f me feet Cmi f dily Cmn ws  e pvlege in nves  h me, d she sered fm hs pvi A deee f pe Le XI   7 Deembe 890 lwed nfesss f elgs hses t pet me eqet eep, d

108� 18881897 thrft hs ndng h ptitn nsd scttd s b St Jsphs stt hnv sh pssd t vn hugh Abb Yuf h smht rccint cnfssr f Cm d h t cv Cmmnn di n dung th innz pidmc fDcmb 1891ny 1892 Ths's psnl cncns hd  cmmn dimnsn n sh td th Sstrs tht sh s su ht d Cm munn uld sn b intduc s  nm n th cnvnt (s hppnd f  dth   fngs f cmpssn hd ng bn fcusd n  ds  b   mssny  pssibi y sh stl nttn Wll th Lttl Wht   gthd in ll h shnss   sh b trnsplntd t th shs? Sh s sd t ssst th nns nd h hitht bsssiv cncrn ith h n sptu dvp e eame mr mare and rnd a e nenraed

n hlpng ths thgh th ts nd dsppntmnts s pt  n mbts vsn  bingng hmny csr t Gd Sh strtd ith h sst Cln riting h  sris f qsiptc ltts nd cntinud th h sistrs in lgin nd hnd spiritl Shsmght  sid t hv dvsd nd hrbths' Littl Wy tht thy cd fll h n xmpl nvtby th c nvictn nd p  hr ngg r m fcts in this pcss Whn th sub prss Sist M f th Angs snt  dscriptin f hrs t th Vsttn Cnvnt f Mns sh s id nt nly tht sh s t nd stng ith  childik pprnc yt lys n hmny nd slfpssssd in vrything nd ih vrybdy butrd mphsid hrhr psssn   cit tn f tht giv sdm nd fvic mnd nd y ith bynd h ys nd h ilt hthr n mysic  cmc md t m y p ith dvtin r cps th lgh'  hrs s n mgintiv nd rign tchr Cin rcd th t sh skd hs f hp hn sh ft dsc

Propagatig  09

aged and was nable to rise above her trial Ths does not srrise me she eled for we are too sma to rse above or cltes Theefore let s t to ass nde them.  Thrse to Cine sng ower symboism n the same modealso thatwote ane had sed nher etters to Thrse Thrse dd not want Clne to mar both becase her sstes hea was not hyscay sond and at one tme she had been thoght to be in danger of dying remately and becase she waned o encorage her to become Chrsts brde and ths save her fom the world et s make o heart a lte garden o deght where ess may come to nd rest.... Le s  lant only lles n or garden   . no oth er owers o they can be cltvated by others    bt ony virin can ive Jess ies. She tod he that vrinit was a roond slence o all h wod cares and that everyone has a natra ove fo the ace of hs bth and as the lace of Jess birth s the Vgn of Vins and Jess was born by hi h f a Ll he loves to be n vn heart s.  Thrse saw  her sisters as owes in a moe onventona senewhen thoh stll wthin a devotiona contet she made lear wtng to thank Madame Gn oassendng her resents or he feat day The wo ett ot of owers gven by my two dearest lite sstersJeanne and Mare . .  are laed n front of the Chd Jess and a eve hor of the day they beg as many graces and blesng [fo them] as each bsh oheather has tny owers24 She tansered them o a meta hyscal scheme of efeence however as she focsed neny on Clnes destny:  Ce I  enng o o o o oer or o e o i netn ther lngge    A ige tk ber the, one e n ce the to gro together the e  roght e o oong n re e e  il ee the     The ye o rere o nt bthe  e  n

0 1888897  i G/n:owr y   whi c  i  f o f my y I  h i  h  g m of oh o which  of co h chid of  o (o) d h  hi cyx  d whi  ho gh aid i h  o od  . . H .  . cd   .   fo Hi f o!      mo fo h h gog o whch  o  fo J  o  .    y om hi H c  o  g hi o o oog fo y5

hn Cine wroe to derbe a uio (enry audelonde 1864 1937 whom e ound  dul to eet The nceaed the nent o h o eos o ensue th Cne eed the u nd um of nt a a bd ofJeu Cne deare le u away eman he le of Jeu  he ned fo th ae  ak hm  ht he ae  le fom h wo efoe he eou wn of ea ha blown he tne t o olen that mh eer o tle n wh  yelow he whene and he aane o f he ly .  The ehened oal wn wa qute onou he dd no  ei n or wre ou of a mycoeiou deamworld,  wee he ouh Godn al he dayae nd houh dd not dwell on hm o more mhouh ee for a a ule  dream o the wood and ower he books and e ea  nrl lways mee pey ld o e se se bds o buee uch   he nee een beore Bu f my deam are ometme poea they ae neer myal   The mae he ued houh dprae wee conneed not hap haadly but aodin o her rand d n a when he wote o wh Clne a happ feas da . h C -o . . . coy o h oh  o  .  . [h] oo o moh fo h m of  oomig  . .  C o yo d   h  gg of m y  i o .   h o o f my ch idhoo    h o of o mmo  ?       Wy h h igo  of w

ro 1 inad of  ading  mad  go and oom    on y h b kno h a ha i yio cyx nco mad p o a mid o i cayx ach on a h a h oh  h ang     ik h vg an  kno ho o gh  h hony conand thin h myio and mp cayx ha n o o ah th chdn of h vgna i o  hn and ho   p k h it o    Phap h pnk coou of i cooa india ha h   y man of ydom    hp a ng kd  ov fo o o to pak  i an to ak u ood fo ood if fo if  In h manim  mt t h  da ot a h hony fm h t ayx 

By p  h nx y hss nsn rn  Sptur h vn h w prbs  nw snh n ns u s whn s sn Cn  sy r r wnyh brhy hi ya he am mado povid  ih a ymo pdaiynbt .  a ond a ha ndaiy  h     no on di nt onmo    .ba h doub 6ng i y pon it Divn Sn ca  on nq mion . .  Wer you rau  hr i our har. O a i  and o ha ak b  on h a in him    Phap h pta tha th day  pnt o h Divin po in th vning of i i i av   d rd  29

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comb th cs o hd th thoogicobot icl v Ao h o  pp  Od  th Spis ystics d th ch Romics   cophd pol yl What is me and pe than a dewdo? t  no foed y the  bease dew as on the owes when te val of heaven i led wth as ain  no o be oaed wt t , o t passes the an n feshnes and beay Dew exists only by niht the sn atn ts wam ays pon t dsts the oey pel pn on he ip of the  of ss n he adow, n h  hane o  liht apo line s a dop of ew not fomed by the lods bt ome down o the loeline of heaen, h e Homean Dn  the ht of life it s ts ssion to e h   ha of h Flwr f thld; no hman y an fd  oy he p ht holds th ny dewdop an now its fehe     elod has no need of o ne hoh     no inee o ens that es has ome pon eath o see e beame heT lowe ofth the'y eds soey showtosmoe hothan he loes impiy Uy  does noto aspie a do of dew. That s why he eated one aled ne Din he nht of ths lfe she is to emain hd fo ey han eye, t . the mome he aeas n hs loy    the iine Lmnay loon po n his dewdop wi daw t pwad to im, and t w asend e a liht ao and o whee i may abde fo eeniy in the oom o the lowin fnae of neated o foee eof wh h     e .   he wan h ewop e awae themele   only ead them; and o theyeen nottoeal zin tei ae thn of hemsee eow ohe eae    and hat  what the Uy  h vayeie 30

h ddop and th id  o iy) ppd  ostt thm i this pid o hss  h ssoci

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atn wt ah an an was ncurag by r rang f t n f h Crss fr wm Gs l was s ncrbaby mnpnt a  absrb a su mr cly tn a rrwn mghtPauln uraniusly a mrnng wrp Accringly as hrs abut yng rs tri t cmfrt hr by sayng hat G wul sip r up li a ltl rp f w Hr tas f tning  wr bfr  statu f t Cl sus an r rligius nam f rs f t Cl sus an ly ac prbably nunc th pcur f t Cil sus ram ta rs painte in ls fr Paulin in anuary 1894. Clin rtuc it n 7 an i is nw i n t Vistatn Cnvnt at Cartrs Bas n a ly pctur givn t hr by istr nn f th acr Hart rss painting shws h ft ss sp but prpp p a hng ws n hs right han an rss in is lap  hrs plain tat t was you rtu a I an to t by th t o J  nngt to h hat   oa rod ar nd dtofo Ju th aon   yt o  uty  ona yrou fagan bahng ro t or g  h on ath o ant n o t av I a  o ay  .  hn I ha b ao to gaz on th trau oov yo no ah uon Ju 

ss cnnt us f ral languag was ncurag by ar184 Arman wparticuary prac at t f rtrats f 183 an Lmnnir 1895. H was fn suc prssins as  fragrant rss f ur uncasing lv H sp f  Carmlit nuns as lttl agrant wrs, whs swt scnt ss lvs t bat A Carmt was a ltl wr  wil cm n ay t gatr an transprt  .  t t lgtfu ticts whr virgins fllw t amb

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18881897

vrywhr His srmns r hugh  hv nsprd Thrss Chrisms ply Th Angls  sus Crb, which ws wrn jus br sh srd wrk n h rs pr  hr ubigrphy A, Hr nd insh whh prs h humn sul(Mnuscrp   wr. ssh wrs n ims nd nns h hm  srpping pls m  wr, whih sh dvlpd n  lr pm Thrs wr hr pms nd plys u  bdn nd n h givn im h wd mri fr r rn srpin ny ids r vrss h m  hr whl  hr u rr, whih pd h su in ril s w  y un l , hr usnm  h wnis, ,wh  nsru hrgs  u mpsiin f pryrs  MM n  s    w pping  rv hr b  hp h r us w sms n h pbk rm  Pun h n r hr  rs Cmmnn n 884 Mr Mln ws  pik 80 wrs (srs) in w ws Th nvis bsk' hv wr, rngngwddng m whi rsswuld  s, d nly s whi by  uh  gld in h frm   rss nd hnysuk Msi wrs r h brid buqu pprd n h vr nd il pg Aspirins ( r h d, rpd vnn ms) wr whi ss; dsis rprsnd p igu  wh v, gnn nd hy s f h vy, sving uls whi rss sving h muny  srvng Js  rs, mk  gd rr whi blwrs  h n gr  v; hnysu dnil; wh prwink v  Gd wh pni, h rdmpin f innrs smin jy in Jus n; whi rgmns ngli prin mdwsw, pury; whi vn h nd lv  G wi iris hnkunss n li unin wh Jsus

Scarig ad Gahrig � 5

Fa angag was an pant stctng pincpl fr Thrs bt wrs wr as sinicant bcas hy wr rcnt sins pintng t a divin rdr that gaantd th stablybssng ay f Thgh thy wd brn fr w hr aining td n ththy sadd gnd hs thgt f hslf as a spingti w a livng sign f gnain prsd t th wak and sngy ph ral wh w strng thrgh tst n Gd's v H tt Way' f sfaccptanc was basd n h gsp t cn sdd th lis f h fld as thy w and did n sk t assag bt  ak sns f dprssin and anxiy as wll as Oy n anary 895 Thrs bgan t wit th spingti sty f a itl whit wr', ddicatd  th Rvrnd Mhr Agns f ss (h sist Pain  and th satn f h slfiag as a wr and f hr cncp tin f wrs and th natra catin f arvs s tai h u t' as sis ad iss f th hddn stris wrkd i han ss

Sarin and Garin Ari 189630 Smbr 1897 Whn sh bca th axiay nvic-isrss th advic Thrs rd h pstants was siar t h gidanc sh hd rcivd fr Pan whn sh was pparing fr h t nn n th da  Sit Mai  h Tiniy's prfsn Thrs vrd h yng nns bd with frgt-ns and pacd a nt n it My st tl Ss I sold lk o  os  l no d o g yo  mmoy of s fl dy    oy  n  os n fd  . .  ls  fogm-no        s   mmy ys mn y gn o  dy on  ss g you

6 18881897 h  o he unon hh    ope o ah az  heae37

hre the pacn, andben cattern ower waor a deep meann actthwn o devoton or o conecra ton ea ower are rare thown at a mared cope nowada he are repaced b the paper conett orna made rom ower peta Occaona howeve, ower are t thown over the heae and con at nera, and peta are cattered beore the tate or ontance drn proceon to ommemoate a ant or a on op ht, to honor the aament hd the hre attered at the Besed eet o t ota,  or abeore acrament hepeta wod throw the owe a hh a pobe and wath wth deht a the e on a ove  o o eto As e deveoped he Ltte a he bean to ntepet ower thrown moe mboca, epea nder the nence o her readn o t John o the ro l o hall se rg I h her  halos h raga sg oves alhev lvhroe os. Ths y    l l be se  our sgh y Beove! To sr o s he oy eas of provg y love a hse ors  be ah or a look ach ll aly acce I sh o a pro o o h alles acos a o he al o ov Fo ov's ak  h o er ad  eoce o  hll se  oes    sgg all he hl ha ae e as f y Ehfloge  g o gahe oe  e   a  hae a aog ho shaey he ow hor  ha e swer  og  b

n he poe m o 86 o catte ower', he wa abe o enae th maned acton and t ettn and th t perona mpaton o ath, hope and ove. he vere conven

crg d Grg   17

ons nd e exended mge o oweowng owed e o ele eo, ompsso gng, se epon, ee s osen esion d evel elese ino jo oe eevel n in e yl pose pssges o e oogpy  u  my ov!  v I om to ng Bor your rd ro wt owr o th yr. By ti pud pt i my nd o gldly bring  ong to dy yo u vy tr o thtpin mn ciddt : ou Mytt ligttow ig nd myc hvit My op my joy my py I wil not ount t pi Bod my owr! With dp untold dght your buty l my ou Would  migt igt t lov in ht o l wo lv! Fo  my e owe    my oo How ondly gldly woud giv! To tt ow Bhod my hon word For g nn ou nd ng hvn ow T vctory i mn   y  dim you od Wit t my ow Th pt n thir igt c your oly  Ty tll you tht my ht i you nd you on ou now wll wt t lv  yng in my pl And ml upo m from your thron To ct owe! Tht men to p of you My ony plur here wh t ll ll t hour But oon  ll   wit ngl nd with you, And tt er owr3

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888-1897

y (approxmatey 817) September 896 Thrse had added the ssonary aspect to her nunctons on ower throwng to Sster Mare of ant-Joseph. By now the meta phor had to the be changes expandedn to dimensons accommodate her surreaistic spritual thning, and tto revead the immense s cope of the devout fe and the power of prayer as Thrse understood them As a postulant (she said) Mare , not Jesus, was now the nfant borne n hs arms Yet she would become a missonary, 'even a warror, for her vocation would be to evangeze not one but all mssons She woud do ths by lovng, by seeping, and by throwng owers Jesus hethem was aseep Then Jesus take these oto wers, and,when gving an estmabe vaue,wi he w throw them n hs turn he wl have them y over all shores and will sav sous {wth owers wth the lv of the l hld  •0 Thres ntn o ower-thrwng as a ssoary endeavour was ar m hera he believed  actng n the veses whch, at about th e same time she oped rom the c

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chapter of saahshe onfound the theme 'thou be le 'A a watered garden, which p articu arlyshalt mpressve: nd f thou draw out thy sou t the hungry and sats the ated soul; then shal thy lght rs e n obscur it, and thy darness be as the noon day  She showed deep aection and concen fo Sister Mare of Sant-Joseph who was then aged thrtnne he had ost her other when she was only ne, was subect to voent mood swngs eaton thrug to not angry outbursts, and wasfrom shuned by the stersdepresson Thrse dd agree wth ths treatment befriended Maie, shared her lnenroom work nd even thd ove he wh he ept Most mportant of a, Thrse devsed a form of spritual psychotherapy for ths sick soul smlar to the ower exrcses which her sster had used to help her out of he

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own idood depression Se se er id Maries emotions and aspiations in a onte o uniersa loe and aieement and duy beame te resore o pats to dwe 58  Se os ontinued to deeop e on sefundestanding in e same seting. n Noembe 896 rse read te  and tt  opan Vnad  V t opondanc de opan Vnad , a Fren monay

beeaded in ndoCina wen only tyone wit wom se fet a deep piitua aniy n te same mon se opied seeral passages rom s eters 'ey are my tougs my sou esembes isno ) wi se n oprated e er own rse wo dd understand san woaer doni noe famy42 ound opanes st letters witten mainy to is famly espeally sympateti Se opied some ot etats on the bak o a pitue of te Cild esus syting lies  I am a pr w at  Mar   arde  aut t pct  peaur a tme u we pand ao  ar e pked y GdWe  ar  ow a le er, e ater   . I am a t raure  a day I o r Oe day we a me aa  Parade a a ejoy rue appe    

Se also wrote a poem to opane to ommemorte te tiysxt annesay of is beeadng Hee se intensied e undestandin g and use of ower ae and sueng by identing young mar e own appoa o tem wit tat of te rga ly, you l ad jut gu W u eard yo ov at dre I ee  you a ower wo a  ru e s ad pkd t u to   g.

120� 1888-18 d ow o oger eie wi you ow You esy the e eut to see ou ose ofove the Vig white  ow eoies i you hevey puity. oe of Chs e me yo mou t e Fo ies  sou I og o gie my ife To ed y te fo hem my boo d i you te me e d  me fo th t I wih to ght o them till i  doe od kigom ke y oe  se thei ou Not pee to eth I rig' o ays God So But e d wod  be' d thu ooles

I wih to e  dg sprigme ower

h oo he od w gthe to hi e Cme ow e hophe t my s hor Come dow o me sweet youthfl mtyr be Come with the rom ig eso o f pe love ly Come bu hsmy l ehly Th I my y to heve ourt boe d e wh o i eetig dy.

O 6 Septembe 197 se reeved a ei o opane Vad Dring e s ees o her e she s oen oberv holdig an aressg this ad the mas potat still able th as anuly to aept togee t h he os5 sh ote  M he Joyhos a poem o Pauines east-a o 2 January 197 Atough se as in a phase o ese sptua daess n thin  monhs of er agoing deat o tubeulosis th poem displays he esseal  ust a teeoe optimis m

Scaing and Gaing � 121 My peace t s to de my tears, Nor eer so my tter an Wa t joy to ser trog t e ye ars o ve wth oes hrt and stran  ue ye mae n coan Snce ths my ess, ea ses you  Co d any tria  make me fant I your ross wth oers  sre?46

n ts  peiod s she thoght bot epe of  ydo sc s Topne's er ow ness nd the utme prpose of er lfe she ened e ower mgey to epress e mte ndesdng of lteness I mst nfess tat n yor eter tere s one tng tat ans me  naey ta yo do n o kno e as I eay am t is tre tat to d great sos yo must coe to Came; jst as n rgn foes ere gro owes o a agrance an ane nknon to e ord esus n s mercy has ed tat ong these oers saer ones gr neer sa  e ae o tan hmoer or t enog or shod s ong to ts conescenson that a oor o no rance, a n te same gardene as te oses, y ssters 0 my Broter eeve me  eg you te good Go ha not gen yo a great so o yor sster  av  an very merect one    

Weeve My ce ond nd te eny ose bses  te close coyrd of e ws tmeose for te ovces to beg te lugybossomed of love bytthwg ets t te uX t te ente of te gden Altoug Tse ws too l to tke pt n e cereony se ws be to wte spred by ts event bt ssety by te elz ton tht she ws fcng de she comped esef to  wered or fded ose tt ccepts te tre of lvng nd

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y  eey y ses s  els  eme i  erty ter e ct iece ws wrte t te reqes  Mer eree  yeyer Cmee  s  e retrey eess   i Pris w w s ee   se  ese er re  y se  er we ert4 it te pem wc se pce t esse Me eree w  eere  e f s etc eptcs t mres  te ferfe  it seems  e e sbee  rses ery iites s escre y Mer Mrie e Gze we bs  e y s msmes esus, whe you eae your dear Mother fod embrae, et go her had, And rst o o h eath o  foo m e  he tembng tad; Upo or athway fresh ose-aes I og to sprea A nfants dowr So tht your t feet may ey so tread Uon a wer. hee stew oseeaes fom the true mage of  o My Chld most ear That og t sarie tsel omete ad whe ah moment here O n yur blest atars ord esh roses wih to shne; Radia, near yo hey gveyou. themsees. Anoher deam s mne o gady ade fo How rih graes you feat dear Ch d a rose ew-lown ragra ad air But wthere oses are forgot he wld wnds ow Cast ahere.

Sttrn nd thrn  3 hn thir att av k no arth jo o ah; Fo f, no gain it J  give yo a! Nothing of f Wi no rain h roe trape i eneath th par' tra Uarke nknon  nertan thei fat th av togh pae an ea Ae i yor on For yo  they ie a I  tie, y ife  a For o have pent  a n a a faing oe ho ave t fa To eath onnt It  for yo I iJ ou far Fair Joy on teing h faing  ha prov y ove yon opar,  i eeing Bneath yor tep yor ay to ae throgh arth y nght My oho har   h oothing your har path p avary harh hght,  ih to ie 

e peviousy cepcal Moe Henree as deged  e poe bu oe o say a urey  needed a na osoling sanza  soud el o e e inddua ded God ould olle e scaered peals o ake a beail eerlasngy rose. is as o orary noon o loeradian as opee surrender sel adoasrses rs n God io  rng  rompese e od  er ae e good Moe can re r on na couple along ose ln s i se lkes I a n see any reson  I sold do so I an o be iou peals or er, o ake God ppy ul sop as i!0

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On 3 ne 89 Mothe de Gonage ased hse o conine he aobogaphy and hse etned o the image of the Ltte Fowe ampiing i n accodance wth he deveoped of fee wil to begood a owe faded wtheedconcep and npetaed fo e somedesie timate did not mean hat God wold not nte hs plant so hat she cod mae tha fe choice esus kew that his owe was too wea to take oot wthout the lfe-gvng wates of humlato    [ut fo some moths Jesus ha ompetel haged hs method of ultao dg, o dou atohs lle wethe haswam beeas set waeed alows he gow up ude of a blat su Hehe o smles upo he ow .  .  he b ght su ght fa fom wth he eal oses he wth  a melous w De  he al she teases thse peous dos of dew he uao o oh da ad the emd e alwas how al se is .   he ofu eazato [s] that  Gods ees she s a poo wothless thng ad othg moe 

e ide a of self-sacice had moed beyond any d e idea of sef-pnshmen as she old Sse Mae of the iny a novice who wanted to go witho ommnion o pnsh heself fo some peccado Ltte owe eoved ofJesus I udestad the whoe thg pe fetl ealze that t s ueessar to tel me everthg  detal the ax shows me what thkonsoed o the y n ou whole lttety owe.. I am ver pleased ve to muh but ou must o oge wt to t eath; the foge-meo eed ol ope, o ahe upase ts petals o the Bead o Agels to oe k a dve Dew to segthe t ad to gi t al t aks  .   Good ight poo owelet take m wod tha I love ou moe tha ou thik

Scaeg ad Gaheg  125

She eae her faher gif of he e he oer en year before  an hen Ser Marie of he Sare Hea o he ho ory hey oul all be ae he eah The reliean Ohadded n o You ll    ju  il a hoeand of e Afe myee eah go obehelke leerbox you wll n many hng o on oe you  Ye agan he l eu oe re an ligh ame ogeher in a yal iage-luer o ymbolze he ea of love an earaion May he ivine hil eu n  n your ou a ellng al fragran ih he oe of Love may he n he buning am offaerna haiy o am hi fozen imb an ejoe hi o mal ar making forge he ngraiue of ou hih n oheove him enouhim gh When Thre onion gre muh ore he a aken on o he inrmary on 8 uly an aye here uni he eah On he bron urain abou her ion be he nne her favoure holy iure inlung h oe of he Holy Fa e Ou L  ' lil Thohane Vnr The ue of Our Lady o  mie a brough don o he room here heline oul oee ee he onven hough When Thegaren a geranium ahe  in imeo o ha he ou aer i eal  he iue The ned ha only he fehe oe houl be ue Neve aer fae oer    ony fehly blooming ile oe 6 Sa ering a no a mee o  a eey ymo a cion ha umme u he oeng of her vialy an lne ofife an he fac ha he a onen o allo he ef o fae an her On 3 uy Thre  ae alled for he a Anoinng bu he nex ay he ralle an even oke abou he funeal aangemen being mae on her ehaf She urvive fo anohe wo monh omeime in exreme ain On 5 Augu he eve of he fea of he Tranguraion  he er emoved he iue of he Holy ae fom he ho

6�  hung  o n th wall nar hrss bd and dcoratd t wth owrs and ghts. Sh quotd saah 'h shal grow up bfor h lk a tndr plant and as a root out o f a dry ground; h hath no form coln and whn w s hrh shath no baut s dor spsd andss; r ctd of mn   . hm Sury born our grs and carrd our sorrows and sad that th was th foundaton of hr whol py for sh too whd to b 'wthout bauy   . unknown to vryon7 Hr dsr  to b tt, k a chld sh old Paun shor ly aftwards was uld bcaus hr sol ocupaton had bn to 'gathr owrs th ows of lov and sacrc and to  h o dh n d  us ng ll tha n rst not clamng crdtfols on svrt but ralng od nusd hs chld wh h ncssry potntal whch coul always be invok wh d; n, co nevr

bng d scouragd by ons aus fo athough chldrn ofn fal thy ar too ltt to hur t hsls v r uc h5 On 4 Sptmbr Sstr Mary of Sant osph pckd a vot n h gardn for hrs who lood at  and cad ' Ah scntbyoffrnd voltsoutsd  t wasth only on of9 th any owrs snth to hr connt Whn pop broght hr ross to hr hr up, sh nactd hr noton o hrslf as a fadng os whos lavs must fall by rmovng ach ptal gntly o sand for vry hng h had wgy surndd, bfor tocg t to sus wound on hr cruc, and tng  a. As th ptas slppd fro hr bd to th oor sh told th Sstrs 'qut srously to gahrfavours vry sngl sncMothr thy would th o prfor lar on Whn Agnshlp skd hr to scatr owrs on th Sstrs as hy stood round hr bd hrss rpy strssd th profound prsona sgn canc o castng owrs and th portanc  o th languag of owrs o h symbosm through whch sh both ntr pd and prssd th uta ann g of hr lf and h

Saeg ad aeg  27

eationshi to od Pease dont ask me to do that. I don want to sate owes o n eo e I woud do i fo the Bessed iin o t oseh but I won satte them on an othe eaues hewod showed imedthn no a when k o onen fo he natua andhat foths  sentient he bed was oed out unde the oiste and Siste Maie of the Saed He at in hae o the ouad aden was abou to ul out a din hododendon shoot hse eaimed Oh ise Maie .   I dont undesand ou     I a about to die o  sake sae e fe of this oo hododendon2 s the end aahed hse eas he antiiaon of heae tem o fhe haes to un houhinte eds o heaven .  hdhood  whee thedas ass'I swan een fo eve and eve with beaufu owes that neve ade and ove ange hilden  When Siste eesa of Sant ugs tine visited he and aed of the 'glo soon to be hes hse ened he vsio n of sme hildlike jo b nsst n that eve i heven he wshed t be a ttle nothng no moe in fat than the nh of eene between the sendid boom he elestal adenes na bouue  heinestmo Ce dew on hses own wod to desibe he fe as that of a lovn eso n  stewn the etals of he owes he saies befoe esus and of someone na abe o ask: 'Wh should death ake me afad? nthing I have eve de was fo od ' odin to Cine hses last eoded wods (on hsda 30 Setembe 897 wee  ht then et t o on Oh I woud o sue essod and as she ooked a he u Oh no   wan  I ove h M I ove . ou. hen she azed intent a a so just above Ou ads stat u fo a few moents los ed he  ees and died

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Gd w cht w t lght u n u wy Vct Hug Ou d l h gld  ht, th chdn ht g h m wth  m. I woud not md ow mc I d I od m od  vn nc h ux

Dsling: A Heavenly Msson

he led i obuity he wa ad remai a eatet ofJeu paabe of the mutad eed  he igdom ofheae i lie a tiy ga of mutad eed whih a ma took ad owed   eld A a eed i t  te malet of the al but t gow to be the bigget of l pat tt 13: 33)   the at year of her ife he aled heref a te eed fro whih o oe kow what  deelop  With he pothumou publato of yet ad with the ub t c wil ul, equet iteetio akowedged by iio of peope the 'ite eed deeoped beyod a epetatio  may way the oiued owerg of Thre he reepto  oer ore tha a etury i the ot etordary apet of her toy.

3 �  Octor 897 o h Prt

 tte abor oday eerna rest tomorrow were the words insribed on the wall she passed as she asended every night to her e in the Lsieu Carme et hrse eeved hat hereverywhee death woudher e the star s ofhe pessh and snnes shower of rosessson  shedohroug her selfaandonen to God  that would help srggling pans to grow to ther intended simpe euty n Jess garden On 3 Jly 896 she wote to ahe Roland before his depart re for the ar East Good bye Brother    distane an never separate or souls deah wil ony make o nion lose f  go o eaven oon  will ask Jess perission to visit o athrse Su-Chen shathontne or has aposoate together elievwe ed tha e desires God t in s foeshadow an as yet nsspeted grae in the fure She was u h he au ovso o h n nn was a sn h t h pe had en had and answred nd looe on h s h rs h d .  She alo thogh hat anels divinely-ated imorta sprits are onrned for our wefare hep to safegard  ye redton of ther foslife on hereaf God hiswas assred hr ser tht hrontion aot an ive o ret f anls wre ative n terny then God would srey want hrse o work for morta beings nti he na transoration of all oraly no immortaliy A reading in the refeoy in May/Jne 897 from he Lfe of Saint loysis Gonga einfored er onviion ha he revty of her life on earh wold not dsh he fritflness ofhe n heen A pasage n he famosifephase a shower of roses andLfe he pomped assoiaed hses rain of hoght hrse fod loysis inteestig hogh eta ordnary nd no wolly to hr tase e had entered e Jest novitiate hose of Sant ndrea in Rome when ol egheen seed o deiate healh made worse y saage ortaion of the esh and died a few monhs efore his

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tentfourth brtha. hen in Man he ha ha a revelaon of his imminen eah hch afer ursing plague ctms n oe he accepte i o We are gog   ! here? aske his provincal To heaven faher osus reple.  The ncient n te Lfe that mpresse Thrse came from the so of a sick erma monk h o aske Aosius o heal hm a as vouchsfe an apparion of the sain an a shoer of roses on he monks be as a sgn of hs evenual recove. After hearng his epsoe Thrse tol her gomother uring the 9 une recreation  shal brng on a

shoer rosesn th afer m of eath. nial attr locaton Thrseof s oses, e sense cures anhe  favous bute of to er as e sboic paise of Carme ef After hrses eah, her bo as lai ou behn the chor grang t Crme Visors ere aoe to e her remans through t Sser Vncent e Paul no sorr tha she ha oce spoken unkn o Thrse knel b he ber presse er foreea to t an as oveelmngl assure tatImmeate er ongsanng cerebra anaema ae Thrses eath aa nunanse among those present smee a ver strong scent of voe o as later a chl in the cro fling pas the grang noce he rch oour of les  thoug Thrse's remains ere ecorate ith articial oers Teeafte eports multiple of ms erious scents of oers rsig from spots n he conven here oers ha never been pace These ere ascribe to hre. On ona 4 Ocober 897 hrse as bure  n he ton cemetern a simpe grave th a ooen cross inscribe thus:  ant to spen m heaven o ng goo on ear  hen a member of a Carmelte communit e the con vent sent a notce o all the other houses of the Orer. he obtua of Thrse use for ths purpose as the  f a

32 1 be    P ul whh heped the deas ofher eampe and resoutons

to spread to the point of fame. sidore urin Thrses une ommssoned a prov inia pubsher aintPau in BareDu to issue book Mon sieur urin undertook to pay the osts andtheoreted the proofs The book was 4 pages ong; the prnt run 2000 opies and t ost 4 frans t appeared on 30 Septembe 898 a year after Thse's death.  t was se nt to armeite onvents to monasteries and onvents o f other ikeminded Orders to eesiastis and to seeted  peope in th word  By the end of Otober 898 etters about the book were reahing the Lisieufrom arme Fomtheanuary sared o arrve around wod 899 from appreaions the SaintLous USA arme from Sydney Austraia and fom Venam. The rt ntn wa au  h nnn o f 99 Cope were boowed and passed on and hrses stoy spread y word of mouh eaders not on prased the oo t reorded aous enounte wth hrse and their assurane that she had intervened for them A feeng o ose ness to her or andwoud beiefnterene n her apparent promses inspred the phenomena growth ofThrse's popuarit among ordinary pope She was  their sor of peson  whom he oud on de n and who woud understand hei r probems even when these were distant from her reorded experene Unke other seemingy emote interessors the Thrse who taked to them as mpy and direty as she dd to her isers and to esus wod ertainy them intervention More and more etesympathze rs testingwith to Thrses were reeived n 898 fo exampe Father range of aen omended the Ssters for pubishing the book     even when she was on her deathbed  asked Thrse to grant a favour for he sues of my voaton This was granted     went o pray at her grave .   and  took away a e pebbe a

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o an a agmnt of th css '.  Th pronng ofors from t grav bcam a pobm. By 92 a pmannt notc sai: Vsitos movng os a rqst to av tSst ootsari Estl of iom to Pauin:  am o bt ot bv m as  tun t pags of this book  bcam my ngtic tntyyaro sf onc agan' A aam Tostan mn h Yo emembe oe a a ew days ae ses dea,  woe o say a     woneed i rse ealy sill eised in any way    Bu e soy o ses lie as been o immense bene  o me Se sered ie me but i o qesto anyig an sbmtte to te tals o se er  . .  now egaly const se and tak to e cosany.9

Th fomaton of th Trs cut as alray unr ay an soon bcam an intrnaton nomnon Transations of  atobograpy appar om 1899 onas an a scon Frnch totr on as Agns austssu  naapopa f monts  iton consistng n 902 of tv capts of Sto   Sol an nttl Une rose eill A os thout is Pts) n 190 th monasty or an ustat pubcty tion nttl Appel x petits mes A Ca o Onay Souls) at 25 cntims ach th a f copy for vy tlv orr an 1 8 ancs fo a nr cops Th rang of npnsv tons an assocPensesofdet Soer rse de ation itms pan yaofby yaTs l Enn ss Tougts s C sus) aong th tnty of  pom as pbsh in 1908 A Tr n baing a os p o b p o for ac ay of t yar appa i n 90 Cosponnts ask for potogaps an otr imags of th tt Sistr Bfor long lics obcts tat ha

14 � 1 Otor 18 to t Prt beonge d o Ths e o had been n ontat wth he o he emans wee n demand The dssemnaton of Thse's mage was a majo fato n pomotng he posthumous eepon Thse's Clne Sste enevve an ast 10 and had beensse ganed p emsson to keep hewas amea n the onvent She took numeous photogaphs of Thse as a sast an n h e damat o le as oan of A a the foot of the oss n the otad washng the and and so on Ths howeve was stl the peod n whh man people thought hat onl a dawn o  panted potat was an athen lkeness and ould eveal somethng of a sbjet's tue nat ue T t eo of Sty  Sl clu  cotve fontspee based on Clne's photogaph of hse on 7 Jne 1 89  holdng the mages of the Chld esus and t he Hol Fce. She h  high feve t he time, col sccely nee, an  tod Clne to be quk as she felt ehausted'  1 he

fontspee photogaph needed a nneseonds eposue tme and hse sewed up he fa to e ep a stead pose He ea l smle dsappeaed pantng Thse 1899about showed wththe theClnes gospe st on he heatofand he hands to he pluk hods of a hap so that the potat epessed he fe as a hmn of saed love n a Camelte veson of the theme of St Ce a and the powe of mus Fo the seond edton of the autobogaph Clne made a haoal sketh afte a photogaph of 1 894 Ths beame the oal' potat of Thse. n 9 a lght appeaed ound

he head to sgn beataton. hao to eleb ate hehe anonzat on In 92 ths beame a Clne podued a whoe sees of potats The most popula was that of Thse wth oses 9 Flowes beame a favoute adunt of man ewoked mages of Thse fom he st Communon potat n whh she weas a vel  owned wth oses to magna po taas of he

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appaitions bearing ses. Aong ses an efeenes o oers tose assoiate it favous grante after er eat pesse an reaes espea tose ose aaeness of erorae pitures beaing a singe quotation a onony ationfo of ero os e sense of tese passages as eail assoate o onse it an o asion, as  en n e Can tie of Septeber 196) se use oral age to epes e esove to love esus in te ve least tng ' te itte one, sa ste oers an pere te Dvne one t ter agane . tese oers il be ea or an oo ea te ai sarie   . .  ant to suer an ejoie for Loves sae an tat is o  sall stre  oes> Trses referenes to e C ess soetimes even tose to s soing or gaeing oers ere no assoate  e saterng of oers as te fument of Trses promise to o goo on eart. Eesiastia ustrators an tei es eeny fon it it to nterpret Trses interessons approprate One ver popular mage  panting ilkneeling Jesus esaping fro isas oters arsrepresentng to eome te Trse o n te oostep an streng rose peta s. Te fnt enppes of te 1 96 Engs A ie ie Feso rse kneeling on a ou praying to te Ci ess seate on a soeat iger loud n an attept at teoogal orretness esus les don a soe of roses soe of i ae aug on rses loud e te main o ontinues on to re f Eat aos iiee he 94 ieetion Ferofoas Je ontans a sepiain eproution of a prear gouae of Ou La an te Cil esus sea te on a ou eate above S Peters an te atian. erse knees at a oer pont on te sae ou e ees ase to e ote nd Ci  n one an se reeve oses one by one fro te ans of Jesus o takes te o

6 "  Octob 897 to t t rs lp; wth the other h she rops them o  ept S Peters Sure. Some temps to recocie hrses proouees with receive reute i justmes of her tul stemets Shoctrie h si th she woul cter rose  reur to his wor  but some uhorites thouh she shoul be show merel pettioi o who wou cuse he roses to esce Simr ivocios of hrse ouht to hve ske her o pr for the petioer. As the but evece  chpe  churches show m who ouh he hep sk he to gt t cue o thke h fo te emn on n uitetiol o on whoecoue nonnts o oe ocul mesures tenec. o nsane o 1 ue 1 Pope Beect XV uthorze the strkng of  Thse el  ist tht t mst ot be besse  th  o st tue or me o her w to be socte wth mges of hrst Ou L or the sits ecuse she ws ot et bete  O the ws of the chpel jcet to Tse s birthplce i the Aeo, RS ckoleges The rt pes of Shower o Roses promse btht Sister Thrse hve fe o u R. recors hs o her Fthu  thk ove or m hevel Poectess ; R ' promses ost evce of our hks to our heve Nurse;  fther fom he Doubs comemortes A mot her  her lit le uher both c ure b the HAARE; C tes poster tt he "Little Quee hs me  "rose ower o ou ptie  wore the cure ske hertli for. O the wls the melite chuch t we iseu soler' vesofrtefu thks o Sister Thrse of Lseu; me et  A rmother rtefu ckowees the SANTs umstkble protectio of he soer r sos';  poor  rtefu sie' ecles tht Sister Thrse hs sve m sou  m hoou   H.R thks You Siste r Thse i the

D   3

name o your aihl ervan o uhiea oege an your aren razlian egion E. ee ha The le SNT o arme ure me o a anero mou an never eae o proe me . gve hank o ear e Thre, beaue You have early ahe over u ay keep u uner your heaveny proeon an M hank Thre, he beaiu roe o EL, ho eabhe an blee my houehol  The mo inu enial rang o The h roe, in hh he ho a u an a gaheing o oe, ome aing o he groun, r appeare n he 94 eon o Soy ofa So n 95 ln pue a oor veon o he ame ube, an orree he uppo a of he r aep   pu a my hea ino i  . .  eeme ha my Thre a auay ooking a e. n y opnon, i i he be kene 1 Thi eion onaine an inouon o he poa, olloe by a noe obervng ha he porrayal oThe a oearier epue he hoen om o apparion in vaiou repore von The oe ee arely ever hon a hony, he hahon ai I hall inglonge even an have o hoeve, gahe myalhough oer among an he harpe he horn he ore eloiou my ong il be  

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Thre oe, epeay her pme hoe o oe, ere raie o a ne leve o gane n 903 hen a young Soh pe mae a momenou uggeion ahe Thoma Tayor viie eu,ome The ie an avie hem o a he pe peon a appaon or her anonizaon The armeie ee aonhe Nohng n Th ie eeme o jui he ong auou an epenve peur e o gaheng an  preenng emonie. Evenuay, he ie Ser ee onvn ha h em ingly immene eor ae or ha ome hane oueeing.

8 �  Otobe 87 to the Pnt Athouh the traditioal eviecatheri ad mirace recori reuire for beaticatio ad caoiatio took up much of the Sisters ad associates' time the fastroi recoitio o fThrs eectivees a petitioer i heave or mracleorkr o searth a the asma force behd the rapi advace o f her cause Whe Thrses co as opeed o 6 Septemer 9 he body had ot prove icorruptibe. Accori to r La Nee, a cousi of the Marti sisters preset at th exhuaion, on he bone ere ntact. He reoved o fraets of her habit ad the still holesome palm rie ith herad gave er osary to the Bisop of Bayeux ad Lsiex clothe her icross a e habit a veil He placed boe ts of oers i the co hich as ecosed i  a lea oter casig. She as rebrie  a e grave earby. As more ad more copes of Thrse's atobograpy ere o the vtors to er grave me her a atratve fo oe i sear of oers sprta a  kd, as te r d Ars ho a so popuar i is o ifetme that te Frec raay compaies timetable special trais for peitthat etsteIHoly  9, the othespot reporter dfor oe reve oted Sprt as beathi' th uua favour on the Lsieux cemetery for the speritedet estimated the mber of prims from a over the ord at more tan three udre a day duri the holiay oths. very cass of sociey a represeted from th devout poor ho come o foot to he rich hose ar uee up at he ceeery ate a f outside somerave great hose here a fashoab is bei The as covered ith te reepto oers a te ed' faded blooms have to be take aay every mori'  As ishop de Teil, VicePostlator of the cause, remare he calmi aos Ssters The to most iportat factors i a caoiato  are moey a miraces Sister Thrse is providig u s petify ith both '

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res etraornar attracton for al sor an con ton of peope  not go unremarke b te atcan beween er eat an cano nzaton Tee were tmes of vt canges nworl popular ancse, culture manners an moras  an soonof war an potcal revoutons Ever ower cattere b rse strengtene te appea of a urc caenge b  socal an potcal movement Te na recepton of re as taumaturge an future sant epene on er autobogap an on popuar pet but aso on te evelopment of te urcs atttue to potentall nuental ntercessors n Trses especa n te 1s urc earne ow tolfetme seect cult n accorance wtteunversa avantageous crtera to assmate tem an to rect regous orers to promote an organze tem par n response to potcal trens tat sgnalle te growt of new treats to belef practce an te urc as an establsment Te possbl ofa rec assault on t e ren urc wa bua eent unde e Pars Commune n 7 Te Counards weearcbsops feocousosupprese regmeontat  not slaugter nun but b wasa ntent epacng te Curcs nuence n cvl lfe wt secuar nstutons Te solaon of te papac an te reucton of t ecua power an of t nuence over nomna atocs urng e sorgmento an afte taan unfcaton, evoke te most torouggong cange n urc trateg Eccesastca atttues to publct tecnque an to suc  eurng tecnologca ofconemne te moernan wor ralwa wc arousfaces popes a reece te rst two trs of te nneteent centur cange com pete Eape of a new trateg of reponse o an antc paton ofsuc potca tren, an of te soca nerence to, or canges n regous beef an observance wc te eveale were te promoton of Pompe n al Knock n

14 � 1 cobr 187 o h Pn ela Potma  Face a the ocal ecclesiastical ecouagemet of the cult of Ou La of Loues a of St Beaette the eha cemet of Loues as a appatio site the faclitato allies macuous a of plgrimages to it a a ew poccofmass eoig cues thee he ft betwee the Fech State a the Vatica wee i the 89 a ea 9s a culmiate i the vitual isestablishmet o f the Fech Chuh u e Pus X Suitabe ew cults became esabe meas of suppot fo the ocal uch The ascet cut of Thse of Lseu was athe ieet fom most of those cete o aa appatos. h ot She t was as  o chal of evelts o tate uto fom OLa t a lliteate o sem pea a gl hee was o ee to assig a specic elgo us Oe to oa he ult a lm    b a bala  h ameltes wee aea avaabe a at wo o h cause oeove hes wt evoke a maitae he ecepto muh as as epote poocemets ha oe  the appartiocts of the last uate of the e teeth cetu Thrse evotio to a but the mai elatoship wasecoe betwehe heself a o Sh ha ate schoo fo o moe ha ve years et she was wel eucate whe compae wth the oMati membs of he amel a eve wth ma piests of the tme She beoge t o the uba loweme to mile class  to the sg bougeose'  Athogh the Camelte er folowe a ecoe obeece t ea ha a wowe stucue a a it to emais theasorgaizig bo foof theCamelte popagato to ofthis evoto hse oe of a compa saits Al these facto ecouage a emphasis o cetai aspes of hses spituat to the egect of othes a especa o he oses coceve of a mracuous actos athe tha o he eta coceptio of hesef as a tte owe

D  4

Th ocia l Church  no suctu o Ma iani , th raction to Thrs as an ousaning rlgous gur n hr on igh bu cogn ts stngth ap  spa an utt Carinal Vco of th Sac C onggaion of Ris not ha th Vaican ou b l avis to sp up th gloication of  it aint o th voc o f h natons ou  b ha aha of  Pitons fo Thss fomal cognton av fom a ov th o fs such as that fom ail of a go procssona rliqua nhanc th prcious stons cam to isiu Th numbr of plgrms rco annua at h tomb thr ncas from  o 3,. ts to si u rpot thousans of macs ascib to Thrs Spctacular ors r strn hn th st ocia pubic acknogmnt, h batcaion as iiatl folo b a host of vr mor mprssiv cus Th rmans of Thrss rst ntrmn rbu b hr cousin in 9  ocia authntcat in 97. On 6 March 93  attn b  plgrims th  solmny transat o isu itsf  corrsponnt of t nspapr Nous d Rns fragrant of ross an volts oatrmark up from tat th opn gravmanaons  Man of

thos prsn t tsi to thir prson a princ of th tra itona oour of sancit bt associa t th spcc ors Th conncton bn Thrss actual ors an r orfavours as ct as th caus hn a oman from ngrs plac h paraltc chil on th con, an th lit gr jump on mmat on th pocssion, an bgan to sng Th mor curs  rcor ung th cons passag On 7 Ma 9 ntsvn ars aftr h ath ight ars aftr bing car vnrabl an o ars ar baication Ths as canoni in t Pts bfor a congrgation of  out of  appcants Prlats prists an rlgious procss on t aisl  bfor Thrss

4�  Otoer 87 to the Preen banne nde gaands of oses which wee now universay acknowedged to be the central anyasec ted sybo of her asirations and sson. hen ve white roses oated down descrbed cuve n the to had estade at thea Poe's feeta tgeat was sggested thatar the and Saintcae hesef characterstc resonse to the o and cereony and to the oddy narorate accoan ents of a canonizat ion sch as the cardnals oeings of decoated candes of silve or gltcaged tledoves and igeons and of wine and wate encased in recios etas * * *

Peumg A Show o Rses

At 2 a on   Jly 89 Thrse had coghed  bo od and sad  fee . .  that y ssion  abo t to begn y sson of kng God loved as I ove h of giving y itte way to sols She ws se that f od answers y desres y heaventowll be y sent on eath nt good the end the word   .  I want send heaven in doing onof earth' She had aready sad that she was sue hat Jess wold neve efse her anythng in heaven ecase on earh she had never dened hi anything he ha d deanded of he since she was thee. n 4 Jy 1 89 she had witte to Father Adohe olland a ssionary n China and he second sital brother'    yo wi no have tie to send e the lst of

 thngs I cawll do have fo yo  guess ay event yo tntoheaven whsert the and the I sha ad hearnyo n 18 Jy 89 Thse tod her rst cosn Mare in Sste Mae of the Echaist when ased f she cod oban grea gces fo Maie] when she was n eaven' h when I a n heaven  wll do very any thngs great thngs   . when  a  there I wll folow yo

Peuming �3

very losey' hen arie sa this o ghten her Thrse's response as Does yor garian angel frghten you? He foos you    a the te e I ill follo you n theThe saeain aypression an even oser! ' ora language e on the Thrses religous sensbilties of an everinreasng publi as that of a eterinaton to hep suering huanty eer people sa her as reoening her litte ay' an thus helping the to evelop an appprate regious attitue an pratie Attepts to quanti an assi iraes n response to petitions to sants durng the ages of faith agree roughy ith the folloing st for the eleventhures an an telfth enturies (in orer of frequeny) revivas visons desendng punshents, favourable nterventions proteton fro anges freeng of rsoners anoniton of a saint reition an teepathy onepton of a h. The rst ategory ith about sity  er ent of the tot predoinates  Th s gou  so to th fo th gard o Thrse's eetve inesi ons and nervenions n the ost ntnsvyos eorded period, beteen andhep an onation ope ere that onvined thahersheeath oud the to overoe rst hysa and ntal nrty seond probes ause by nadequate nds or abities; an third relgious or ora diulties. The shoer of roses that Thrse had roise to et fal after her eath ae to ean rales i n anser to appeas for her help These nvoations usuay took the for of a novena or prayers repeated over for a speia purpose for hh reoene annine laterays oayapprove evotons in honour ofThrse ere soon avaiabe. Tesones or a trai of oses and ees' The inreasngy predoinant notion of Thrse's roses is shon in the language used by on e passo nate avoate o f hr

44�  Oobr 897  h Pr ause:  . .  he moe he poe h od is evealed o men he moe i hey voke he ad he bee  she pomoe his gloy by "doing good upon eah .   he peume o he "osesHeigh ill daAsheas heosimple Heaveny peoplealong began invokepahay Thseo help miales o healing o he kind obaned om poel neessos ove housands o yeas ee eoded n 90 n pepaaon o he beaaion and evenual anoniaon he Cameles o sieu pubshed he s o seven volumes o aoun o miales abued o Thse  niled P d ro A an o oses  he epanded eies ao ned ovolumes  000 page he  and voluavous me aobained ued n 92 These esihen o healings o pop o a ages nd om a p o h od hey ee aed o Te neeo o  ve oen o e die aon Soe ue happened ae ven pae o Thse ohe ae plaing a eli   a pping om  e hai a piee o h ohing  bone spine evn  agmen o he hidhood ees desoyed he sesbody on Bishop els adve  he on an ineed aea oba peons und aTpio o na bed ye ohes by umbling o ashing a eli o  meeno ino ae o a odial and onsuming i . Sahes onaining eah om beneah he  on ood om he bedpanks and he oo o he e o heads om he po bed uan oe lohes o undeea ee obanable ong beoe he beaiaon Some 00000 el and 00000 piue  eeo disibued beeen and  92  0and mo oTse eay aouns he males sho89 ha supplan possessed o  ee given a poa o eli o  he heea mos inevenon amouned o healng o physia o menal ness in ome ae Thse helped peope in nd o nanial Some indvduas epoing pesonal aes ee ue hey ee ouhed by The ho vis ed

Png �15

them n a ream o hen the ere aake Parent or relative ntercee for a ck chi countie fo reliou, epecal hen nun he on for o l to e one an  not requettoatheir cure.enefactre A uequent recove le to a ifeon evoton Actual roe or their cent accompae man cure, a in the cae of Ster ouie e Sant ermain (Ster oia n of tomach ulcer n a convent at the foot of the Prenee. A petton to Thre elicite not onl a von of the nterceor herelf an ome a ater a compete recovery, ut multicoloure roe peta tren roun the paen upernatura eenintenton ere unmtakae evience e. of theSuch fulment of hre o satte owers o Yo sae My saest sg ad y tesest dread My sorows ss euatos oys  Behod hee ae y oses wte ad ed!

Eampe from of the cateorie Thre oemraces hcheach ecure herman eaticaton anofcanozaton i ho ho peope conceve of her an her aocation th oer. o and pu

n the ea ear of her caue everal mafetaton of Thre focue on oer ere reporte to the sieu

Camel or to priet A BSH Of ROSS Mr Stuart of Philaelpha an nai for more than en year one n the novena pecen hre canonza tion on 1  May 1 9  She true out to the i oclock Ma n St Patrick Church ut ha a troke on the a an e hen taken home. Her auhter Mar

46 �  Otober 1897 to the Preent prae or a sgn that her mother as n heaven, a eam o he o o the Little oe That night the peume o oses as peceie in the house On  a the am reaize Litte Thrse n the .room smee a most oneul scent[as o oses  ke hen a gustthe o n, hich that night ge as strong as a "hoe bushe o rosesThe ounger aughter open e the raer o the sengmachine an oun a tte roseb resh as  ne pucke om a osebush'. The rose rom heaven as place n a atchcase our months later the gure o a ittle hea appeare on one petal an that o a sorrou ace on anothe The cleg prts ho conme ta i ubme he oebu to thee as o an entiel unknon vaiet oe thn  pl gims ste the houe an he ose s oten use to help ck o  a   or hn a er r n bo the eusite beautiu ace o the cl an the proe o he man n agon ee beon obt oen n the tete o the oer tse m Cure  of eber ofRegou Order CR SM R On  u

 99 Sister aeBengne o the Vistaton onaster at Caen inome the Lisieu Camel that rom Decembe 19 she ha suere rom a stomach uce like  il animal  .  eoung m stomach hch pevente he rom akng o eating sols an mae her vomt bloo ou o e times a a. The Ssters egan a noena to Sister Thse on  une an on the ast a ancesTeesa (Lone a itte ateSiste conainng a ose petal hichartn Thsegae ha he toche to he u. From that moment  no onge et an pan    at breakast  as serve like the rest o the communt;  ate some omeette some peas an some saa     am toa in the best o heath The octos ceticate conrme the iappearance o the lcer 

Pemn  7 re ofpre

Thse sai hat she wane to hep priests afe he eath. Mulipe cues o priests wee ascrbe to this in tenton C R O  RR NG n 7 March 1909 Doctor La ele (Thrses cousn repote that ro 905 Abb Chaes Anne a Liseu semnarist  ha suee om tubercu ar lesons of both lungs an essenall nurable ontion teate n the preantbiotc ea on b ong est n a sana oum in peeab an Alpne aea n 1906 the agnoss was cone b soation o the TB bacus an eath was mnent sa the a novena to as u a of ouresThe fopress a curepaents through ntecession of Sste Thrse an the seinarst wore a sachet containing some of her hair on his ches t The hen began anothe novena asng o Thrse for a cure an promsng to pubsh an account of it The net a the fever an the cavtes sappeare The octo was supee to see Chales st alive an eas late corme hs eceent healh an a scentc neplicabe recover gravest consumption befoe whch thefrom octorthe s powe lessgopng   re ofpeope er oher  peon

C R O  MSSOR NN  ON DNG The Poess of the Camel of Mangalore East nies wrote to the iseu Careltes on 7 une 909 wth he news that our tle Siste who so much ove the issiona Cameltes has eigne favourous the b one of hesuerng vsts The otor was sure that Sisterto Ma Calvar om pneumona ver an kine sease an spttng agment s oflung wou be ea wthn the net night. She heself wante on to e an tol wo phsicians that an futher treatment woul be conta to os esigns Then the convent receve the Lisieu ccular eatng he wonel hings one b he

8 �  ctob  to th Pnt

powl nevenion beo God o yo de lle Sin Ae a novena Sise ay expeenced somehing whch canno be explained' when aone nd wide awake ye ss pended space  nd ased h moe o the od o he in oly hch o yo Holy Ode nglo yoo commniy han  he miacle o yo ce was o hasen he gocaion o Sis e Thse o he hild ess  A once she eplied No  I o no desie ny long e o de  am going  o py and o begn a noven' She was gven a pice o Thse and paced i nea he plow. hin wo days she had go p dessed eceived ommnion sang one o Thss hymns sd h wok a os adian wh gade andnd  ove. Cu of chdn A UR O KTTS

On 7 Decembe 98, D L Nele ecodd he ecovey om ace keais a Lisiex on 26 ay 98 o eine aqe a gil aged oandahal who had los he sgh. The inanclss ea che advsed he mohe o ask Sise o  ce to ca since y he chld o T ahe hse's gave nd oThse be especaly conden Thse's hd clled he eine Qeen Ae eading he abidged le o Thse he mohe sked o  novena o payes  he mel and l a cnde o he Blessed Vgin n hono o Sise Thse. On enng home eine ced o o he ... I can see s s wel s yo. The doco declaed he compleely c ed he gil ni neeaold sie e veed e h eine sawmy my hnd, lile Thse, ovet hee, qie close o myhd bedsaid She Iook nd smiled me. She ws beai he hd  vei and  w s ll bight ond he hed ' Cu ofpop  oth ntont

os o he ey mcles woked by Thse wee epoed om nce hen om ohe Ln cones b he

Peming �49

oe spea of Caree houses an the ssenation oftanslaons of   u soon bought a sucesson of cures fo he Engshspeakng cou ntries C OF M D Mrs Doans as a asgo o ho for eleven ears never sleepng for ore than seven inutes ha suere continua pan fro an inoperabe an poliferatve tuour of the e sie. B 22 August 99 she ha taken no soli foo fo ten eeks an as on the point of ng. Priests religious an frens ha ae novenas to the Sacre Heart Our La of Loures St oseph an her favourite santsbut A en suggeste a novena in honour o fof thefaith Littline Foer rs Dorans as reluctant to sho ack the Sacre Heart Our La an St oseph so a coprose as reache Thse oul be aske to pra to the for a cue After four as into the novena she slept quiet as aakene b a light touch on the shoulers fet a seet ar breath an kne that the ear ittle sister ha coe om heaven o spen a fe moments ith her. She en o sleepcomplete an henisappeare' she aoke foun that the terribe seing ha The octr acknolege tha a highe poe ha oe ths cure an cerie this nepicabe ecove C OF M A On  2 August  99 Sster Antona of the Doncan Convent of Ho Cross Ne York reporte the cure of her sister Mar Antes ho ha been traple b a frghtene horse on 3abanone ul She ha a pierce an injue hea The hospita al hope On ung 3 August a relgous ve evout to Siste Thrse of the Chil esus avse us to put al our hope  n her .   I gave m sister a picturereic of the litte sant she lai i ith the greatest conene on her crushe bo B he last a of the novena he sick gil ha ecovee

50 �  Oober 897 to the Pree

onverson of non aocs as a rie ai, owever, an soe sngua nsances were ascbe o ses missionar eneavours n SR RS MONG  NNLS

e eal ears er cause On 30sans Seebe , Fae Berreu wroeoffom e Sooon abou 9 e eeri ences of s asssan, Faer ocau, o a foun e cannbals of alaa cul o ea w' Afer ou eeks e as surise is ea was s on s soues fo e cief a no ea o an eole e a epe o oas an ea, aoug  he certa that ago he has lled oe twele people wth hs owkow had or cacely a yea he kled o hs daughers o o oe o hs wves. B he  a haged a se se The woked hs coveso ll that s over ow he deaed d whe h s e gl was aptzed  he s aps o the sd  he caled he Thse    whe Fthe Coud we o M o he rs e I gve h wo o he el oe he placed  h h  ad he ohe he as t o h e sld  hse  heeoe a we wode t t ae read or hocs o  thea sld?3

Cure ofod peope

Ferinan Aubr a e Home fo e Age ke b e Le Sses of e Poo a Lseu, a suee a oke, cou a seak, an eveloe a gangenous uceraon of e ongue, wc ONSTRTON O  ONG

becae so enomous e coanubroug no cose s ou ean Llea Ssers nvoke rse e cure ec e oer Sueo ea ou e assage n Sory of Sou ee se seaks of a oo ol sck man om se wse o befen en a c, b akng als o  A novena as sae, o Ssers ae a pigage o ses ob, bu Aubs ongue began o si u e

Peuming  5

Ssrs ask h Carmis or a pa o h ross h hich Sisr Thrs ha prum hr crucx upon hr ahb'  an pu h rlic nar h o man, in a sa bag  brok sa an salo pah Sisr clar sun I am h cur Snc hn?hask To as ago  ihin hr ks vn his muila ongu as rsor ih h sam voum h sam orm h sam consisnc an h sam colour hou an n of sparaion b hch h n par cou l b isinguish.  nnnou ur OF SP SS  or our C URan Maam M. S ha bn ars coul scarcl ak. In Dcmbr 90 a spcals agnos spna sclrosis of h spnal marro an immi nn oa parasis an blnnss Ohr ocors suspc a umour acing h spn an avis a ong cours of raiaion h sic an no rsul unr sx monhs Tramn bgan on 5 March 9, ih onl sigh improvmn On  pr sh as givn a rc o Sis

Ths an sar a novna o h On il 3 sainApri n unon h h Carmli Convn of Lsiux sh mov h rc aong hr spin  a onc sh as ab o alk ihou suppor qui naura  an ihou h slghs aigu: Th l san ha hn nsanl cur hr .   Sh as abl o mak hr Easr Communon n h church. Cur wh ro p

On 23 anuar Abb D. P Cur o Marnsla Coqu ro o903 h Carm oLsiux o scrib h cur oouann a garnrs i opra on or a sranga hrna mor han a ar bor ho bcam maca an sur an appnicis co mpica b p rons A surgon rom Paris opn hr somach an oun so srious an abscss ha ar a  sichs h  pan as givn a a or

12   Oober 897 o he Pree two to lve at the most Then  sipped unde the bolste of the sk woan one of those tte sahes onaining eaves fom the oses with whh Siste Thse of the Chid esus had caessed u' Ae three days he doctors decaed that shhe e was ou of dange Sise bysia (see p. 45 above) only obtaied sngth nd ouage n he ta though the insentalty ofheavenly pefues whh evealed the ys teious peene of he who she had invoked Thse appeaed o he and sad  ou w be ed  pos e yo   CuRE O ISTR ALOY

doto andof ahePais sugeon charate sudden ueoned the supenatual Peo of commu

aete onasees ea spa foi of dvoton to Thse as he ause developd The ael of Gapo, Iay, was the oaton of he ost unusua o the any appatons and aes wtnessed y nns of the Ode On 2 esus, Febay 19 atReveend Heat a of pioess Gallpo,Mohe wote toamea Lisieuoftohe dese seies of suenata events thooughy investigated by the bishop and epoted to Roe  At abot thee o'ok on 6anuay 1909 ept awake by nana woes, the eveend othe fe aseep, and n a dea fet a hand touh he and ove he up ten dely Thin ng oe o the Sistes had done this, she sad eave me o  am alle in too pespiatin movemnt thate you ang gives mu h aiand ' ntheunknown voie pledaeNo t s a good at that  a doing,' and sten lghty God maes se of te nhabtants o heaen, as wel as of those on eath, to assst his seants Hee ae 00 fans, with whih yo wil pay the det o you ounity She ponted out that the debt wa ony 00 ans and was od e, the est w be

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ov ad abov t i yo ay ot p thi oy  yo  o wth  Th appato addd: iloatio wi hlp  oth Cala od hl ld o h  l by a yoo Ca t   who ad  vloho with to a bht Pad wh vdhabt to lht o way h wood aot box wh h pad th 0 a h po wot aa  ptb 0 that i th t o oth o th ya thy ha iov pl ixpiabl  l o th ppoto that it h had ppd [th] ito o ah box  ay h aw t h aa ad vd h alo ot  Jly h wihd th pio a happy at ad av h a 5l ot Bt  d ot apt t ad th h plad it a t th oo o th li t tat o th ad  a     o ll h bihop to d th t tha t h had o t a  00a ot wh dawi p hi a out  hopd it Th wod to t  6 ut  h av oth Cala a 00a baot whih h t to th bhop who td  o h ouy h appad to th po aa h ltti with aaiht a tapat v h a wod with a ody o aaoal) o  ptb th  o th xhatio o h body ad ad that oly h bo wod b oud bt hy wold wo i al ad b pow wapo aait th dvi Biho d Tl VPoato o th au vtd th Galpol Cal ad wa tod o a qa ly alo vt o 6 Jaay 11 th avay o th t appaio whh wath witd by th Bihopth oCal Nado th ha bhop batd avay by ivi u o a whih h pt  a vop wth a viti ad bi h wod  o  W     NT  N it h o  th Chid J t o t aiaCala at Gapoli; 16 Jaay 10 Pay o  daiy that God ay hav y o   itd th

54 "  Ocbr   h Pr envelope in a lage one sealed wih his es and nsbed To be paed in he oneybox and o be opened by ohe Poess on 16 Janay 1 1 1   whih he sen o he Cael e peh hee on 1  ny he bshop ha he ws nnso wned o deoae he onven hape new b hs wod os 3 ans n Janay he p oess showed h h s lee sil in a and n he box He ased he o open i  She did so and hande d i o hi sayng y od ae wha  belongs o yo  He was spsed o nd 3 le n addion o hs envelope He oo his own noe of 5 fns fo he envelope oned he noes ad fo epaed 0 fans a one eed a pee of oe i noied wh anoe  Te eneope wa na He deded ha hse wished o on  he spia sense  h wd y way  e    iny by Bishop e of Gallpoli fond ha Sise Thse ad poed fo he Cae o  Gallpoli    poan hep he soe o whih is nnw n she as hs dawn  o he dses and sey o whh i ad been eded    Thee ae ndenibe fs  u w a mutau appa  T

On 2 Ap 11 hael N elis J o Donega  eand epoed ha on 24 Janay his wife had s bed o pe peal eve ae hidbih On he oning f he 7h hee doos diagnosed inable sepiae and wee se she wa dying  novena was ade o he e owe and oe han hey oega said  "She is so bsy  wonde hione of poo  Edey he dd hn ofishe dwi he "ae down as she poised o do and ofoed s a fo a abo eeven oo hei foyeaod daghe who hd poied o ae he s Conion in ono o Sise Thse i e oe was ed bgh a bnh of snowdops no e hose She said a nn had old he o ae

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hem o he o m, nd m wod be ed' he owe wee pt n we nd e  me the whole hoe w led wh  tne, wee peme, even hoh nowdop hve nonen hen qetoned, the hld d h nn, deed whte, me down om the e, pthe the owe n he hnd nd    ew wy' te deven he mee, lhoh hee wee no nn  n he nehbohood, nd no now dop y we eoveed pompy    he owe ened he wondef en o the pe o  wee'   hee Nemnn, pent whoe om onneeh, Bv, beme mo he m l w ppeed dn he hd Reh mny bee he ws bon n At ne the bthple o Adol e he w d n ehe to hve een no dn o evel ye e von o Ch Pson wee o nene th he expeee  n n  ee n bln  e oepondn o Ch' wond A  yon l he w thohwhen o benneeen, tpd ndtoo  mbeome beme blnd by dnt o he bed,She nbe o move p om volent t, nd w pononed nbe he w deeply devoted o e, o whom he bed evel e o nme, h  he eoon o  twted le nd the eovey o he bly to wl, b epey when, e n  noven o he, he woe p bnd  l bt el omeon e tohi n he p low he looed  p nd w he own hndpdly nd he' w e hto hen mpoved nd he me eneedonhetheviony peod he e Cres evoked by rei  re C O A APP ST n 27 ne  , Abbo e v

o onode,  eee n Spn wth h ommny,

56   Oober 7 o h r desibed how i Sepebe 1 ly bothe ayPal otied the syptos o what beae a paiu stoah ill ess poaby ae ad toleable oy with ophia ijeios   ay head otothe iay advied Sieo ha eas aethe poweless help yo ae a ovea payes to Siste Thse  The patiet had ead a say o Thses lie ad had he photogaph  4 ay he was ehasted yet wated to help the othe bothes i thei wo e eqested a eli o Siste Thse ad pt paties o it i a di the waited Thee we e o o e e pais; he disease had disappea ed e we o a long wal ibed the paea hotsatige eted and ate heaty eaneay o eggs ied w potaoe aisis ts ad died gs ishig wih a good glass o we he st o eight o ths is dt sined an atestation 2 Cur ad proo of odr durig ord  r I

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dwe e  have ad Igo woletget aout he of wod hs ow  s uphow to you youodd daHe way; was set o tae a ode wet oy a few seps ad head a teedous cash behd h bu fel o pa ad we o he ght fe he opeed hs havesac ad saw hs e   ags s o f sades shaeed ad papes  ashes  p ece of shapel had suc h  the bac bu had o peeaed hs geacoat  ew the ha  owed y lfe o y heavey oecess  have ow placed y e  he eepg Recoverio of eber  he aredforce

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ebes of he aed foes oe ceded hse wh he estoto o f he fah  3 ebuay   the las ye of he w G D woe fo he o to say ha he H ' PHO SR R

160   b 897   P had ettisoned Christanity as a young an He was taen prsoner durng the retreat fro the arne A few days before he had aught sight of a pture of ister Thrse in a boo soeone was reading was strangey atrated by her seraphi ountenane, and reoniled to God When ehanged, through the Red Cross he read the fe of hs heaeny benefatress  We solders    have our ltte pans eah day our huiiations and ontraditons whih, aepted with our os graious sile are transfored into lit te oys !    y od    you hae sent your litte upholsterer who has put eerything right that  ay reeie you He learned ater th s siste dheewn  ei f he tle nt n hs unifor before left or the ront

Vriou favour

The arhives ontan a ast nuber of eports of roses granted by Thrse n te ost ared situatons They nlude te etngusing o a hotel ablae and of a treatened forest re on 1 ugust 191 1 at es Vorons rane when there were ony  few jugs of water towith ghta litte   threw ntoher thelothng aes a pitue of ister Thrse pee of attahed to t nstantly the r tree stopped burnng of itself and the sparks    eased fallng  n une 191 1 a New orest pony wth double pneuona thogh atteded all nght by groo and eternary surgeon was prononed a hopeless ase whih they wshed to put ot o its isery Withn a few nutes of hs hid owners saying Hai arys to the tte lower he was walng eatin nd dng n anuary 9 a Dublin parish pr est onred Th rses rauos pang of a soeregn in a loed drawer for a poor faily with only halfaow for food, unabe to aord a rst ounio suit and therefore subet to unutterabe shae far worse tan that eperened nowadays by a hild

Peug  6

with th wong band na on tains oth s o nhbo food Th oth had  snsd that th Litt Fow was not fa awa, and said to hslf  sovign wod b nogh t Ranati, an Italian shing vllag on th g of staa ton bas of inadqat aths, gatha pt a pt of Ths n th pokt of h hsband Lanot ook on on of th boats Ths was askd spal fo a sgon  nv fond n thos wats. Th nts w ld as soon as th w  down, and h ath inldd a agnnt sgon of o than a hndd pon ds th boats aght nothing Th of th San tina was  a onstant dnd thaft fo pits   

n  Jl 897 th dng Ths had thos ond h dsssng how dath oftn ontats popls pssions n thi last onts Sh ontd: Dont b st f that happns to  o idat aas  a wl b a sls v!to who o ay ons o op ha Th o Ths spond as to a lvng pson s Ths th siing ow in Gods gadn Sh dos not spak to h n onsistnt dogat statnts bt ik th gat stis, convs h gos pi ns thogh intitions, iags, sbos and taphos Unik thos of any stis howv Thss insghts a psntd wth a siplity and assan hat ak th h ditl aning foa aspathti, wid vaityfing of pop Th sns psn as that of indvda who has sd and ndd as h hav, and wi hp t to o thogh as sh has don n s h onts hologia ni nd tphoi nonn  banshd and ogottn Whth th a ows in h gadn now, o wi b ows in paadis whth sh s a ow o a

62   Obr  o h Prn stewe o owes whethe Jess ets the oses al o ets se o so none o tis mat tes The epeiene onveye ogh te et age s that oses a a o all Theean s asee ysteios spae whee o wa, mnane to ahieve to svve povety eayesies pain an skness to eove hilike pity, aeny an n tegity, an esape ailg enthsiasm o enoahing yness o spiit, nteingle wth a onging o ltmate ppose t is in this spae that so many peopes hopes an wishes have ose an ontne to os on hse e message that ess aske s not only to ove o neghbos as oseves bt to love as heeople loves them anmh will ove them sh ntil staight the en o tme,'them eahes not so tgh owa stateet a hog he og ope o ages netes n vy vnt nit b h n pesonalit hse who espon to hse ee that he stoy s not lite by  bh an eath bt s a ontnng aative in wh thei ommon hman pans an nees an ientiaton wth he mae he an evepsent evesympathet immeate helpe The an soes o he magey,inteesso eligios oan sea, wee not ogina oten spaate Bt the way  whh she ombine them was ne t was he own le s she ew the togethe nto he onvition o ppose she peseve yet ewoe thei timehonoe assoiatons to t he elgo s epeiene The lttle wil owe bt aso as she esbe hese, the egng that has not ost ts own tny lamb ttle bie, ite ee ly, Thse go  he amiy yt n ossat he mothe an leaves evena thatos potetive enlose in the wleness o the sela wo She volnta iy shes he petas eeting as it wee the ave o the ngoly Let s own oselves with osebs beoe they withe (is 2) an s no ishe an sstaine by Jess, Sn an ivine l Gaene He ltivates an esses he to a

Peing   6

ioous oe an symmety i n his aen o Camel, whee she nevetheless sues the vayin weathe o ie an naly eishes with the assuane o ebith in the aen o the Holy Chil Yet, even then Wen a aene ma  boqet e ala n lite p bteen the pend oe to  ot te ap and petl nd o the o boe he tic mo n been Yo e a i ha   be in aven a lie p of mo amon  oo o Go a theeSf

hee she ulyhe eaizes as aon eenein etion othe thee Hoy ae, ths ln wish hesel an hoe  thouht  was listenin to my own stoy so lose was the esemblane between the litte owe an lite hse  No oubt Go    wi not leave his itte Flowe to ae hee below. 7 hh he w tn an a ont o ohe eepon o tem eoe have elt an wi on tinue to ee te esn e o the Thse heaven east oFo eoiin;  ant who est assai onaant theemae ae sous to bea sae them she wil emain an atie eession o te mystey at the heat o hn nt the oent when the ane w hae sai Time is no moe then  wil tae my est ll be able to eoe beause the numbe o te elet wil be omlete an beause al wll hae entee nto oy an eose y heat beats with oy at this houht 8

Abbreviaions D D G G

 Lees  

Dnr Enrtn as,  71 

eovemont, err and ooe, emth Nils, r t Lux ais,  1  Giloeaux, bb an, Sint r of th Chdu: hr uprntur chrctr  iam Reany SL London, 12 Goley, B ae, R and eaie, , r d Lux ou  rnd Sg ari, dun Pt Sour 87-7 7 Letes o hse as in ets   and   Lttr of St r  Lux t on lae, OD, Vol  170 asinon, D,  volme  o Snt  of Lux

Gn Corrpondn ees  II r  S  of ux  on ake,

OD, Vol  17 ashingon, , 2 voum  o Snt r of Lu Gnr Corrpondnc



Vaous letes beween ses oespondens as in es   and  

Lees S

Coctd ttr of Snt r d Liux 7-87 d bb obes ,    See



onon,  4 Lete fom hse as nmbeed in O

Abbreviations  165

Ms  Ms  Ms C NV

utobogph nusrpt t to Mothr gns ofsus, 895 utobogph nuspt, ltt to Sst Mri o f th Snusip Ht 1896 to utobogrph Moth M  onzgu 189 Lst onvrsons of hrs s n Novisima Veba (Lsu, 92) n frr to hus n c

c

Ths  Enn sus t   SntF uves compltes xte et Dernire arole

M

(Ps 21 Chstoph r . n tr., St Trse Mhony,

os (E)

 isieux by toe wo knew er: stimonieom te poess  beatation (Dubn 19 5) oems  r ea Cameite  Liieux tr Susn L Ey (Lonon & oson 198)

N  r

ss ) T TNT 92) NT 926) NT 94)

nu o  nubr n C r ous ons (pys n 

 ks) s etnub n 992) C n in Rcations ieue rire(Prs hrss prys s nubr n C Te of Liieux Autobiogapy  a Saint on no (onon, 958) T ogr  sv Te Cause Beatation te ittle Flowe of]eu (onon 93) A itte Wite Fowe e Stoy of Saint Tre of 92)iieux tr Thos N Tylo (onon A Little Wite Flowe e Stoy  Saint Tse  Liieux (rv),  n   N Tyor (onon 926) aint Tse  isieux . n t  N yo (onon 94)

Notes Iroduo Anges  a894 Crche auton ranlaon. Cf, RP2 1 V 1  'Les  (iiux 5 Dembe 80;  898) Odep. Jsu Poems E ) p 4  P S Ts  h Chldjsusr. Carmee o Sana Caa London 2). Trse uses e ower symbol een mes n hs pece. The denaon o owers w souls s even more p n  i moe mapoal a n  prooue o Manuip  o e auobograpy: nd so  s n e wold o ou eus garden. Ms 2) Aoug e repeon o a key em uh a ower an ave a dsodan ee n Engls  oe no neeary ja n Fen (and n Geman and o on) were e oabuay avaabe o e wer  omparaey eed 2. wo We know s e frommoe e noes aken oSJoep (a Sr ad o a e agebyoSe nneMae and wom Trse ad befended. Ss Mare was pne o s o depresion and wa a bu osaczed by e ohe nuns ). See ee C I I) pp  88.  . .  domaons mbles e oues les roses en pasere ran�os Maura quoed n ts  San San s d U No  Noember 16p. 7. See Franos Maura, BcNoVols. - Pars 87 and Nouau Mmos nsPar 6 pas for duon of S Trse and  own undersandng of e le way   O ndeed une buse pee Nomande     a robus le Noman gl mly aaed o he real word and o l w  ee on e rea ear and ed enly well aware o wa se wan s o do. Maen van der Mee L  Sa sPas 1 7 p 2. . Ti a been reommended epy or mply by some om menare w ofen or e bes purpose ae oug o remove e rea rse om e showers of oses eer by eang e om e anguage and prae w ey ae deed as e oudaed onenua pae o e nneen enuy o by seng e n or agn a eonued so o deologa one Tus van e Meer emark: Te enonmen n w S Tse ed s on

oes  6 7 too ccurtel bered b the toe of he verse - ce of Chrst  .  dg o love . . . zure wgs    vgl mes  ths does ot diiish the rel erts of her wr but irtatig recs the sck eg setimetli tht letes so  weteoe peope fom the prctce of go (v der Meersch, L tt Sant T, p 6) 6. The ovest Georges Beros duig  tervew i Brz i  99, quoted  Robert Speght Gg nans(odo 93) p 66 Thi aspect was ot wholl overooked b the ocil Church for o  M 9 Pope Pus X dected  stue of Thrse  the Vtic gdes  ppoed he the scred keepe of grdes See GMC p.  36 quog Je Vie, M Agns djus(Pi  d. ). Accodg she i cted  pro of orss gdees d so o . See st d'un  (seux  898) bd , rev ed (Lsieu   9  5) OC pp.   TT ( 96), pp - (dapted) 8 OCp.. 9.   letter of 6 ovembe  896 to her ut Me Gu, she wrote The poet who hd the dg to s Wht s well thought s clerl uteed I Ad the words o s it come esi cet eve fel wht  fee  he dephs of m hert (T , OC pp. 563 etters (S), p 6) The quotto Ce que !o co�oit bie soce cleet I Et les mots pour le dire rivet set is om Boleus A p cht pree (cf. Boieu Despux, us [Prs,  8 p 9) thh ie Me f the Ti eked i  ete f 9  to Mothe Aes th Tre d ot le  the ules f vescto d esed to lok t  tetse o versicto poered o he b Mie, this  less th the truth, d,ke he tatio erel hows tht Thrse wshed o stess he ovicto tht the spitio of the het ws moe ipott th exct mesue  poetr. She ws wre of the i es of Boeu reoedts  f s te were elev to th outpourg of her het, but di ot bothe wth the detled iceties of hs ee wor o composo See .  , eters (C ) p   . See OC, pp. 68  5 JeFr�os S, L ta nfan  T d ux vs t santt (Prs  9) p 6.    Amog her st wos to Ce she quoted soe les fro ugos poem o Lous XV, whch ce reced  occso whe her fthercrle hd rected themchld s  lullb: Soo ou come wth meIwll  d the rg outw such luiosi I Ad bethe reew sus  ther er dom    (Vous vedrez biett ve o I  berce !eft qu pleureI Etds leu brlte deeure I Du soue  ueu jeui es sole    ' ) Deries Proles de The  Cle,ulletSeptembe 89, OC p   5  tre vec e prtemps, mourr vec es oes, e Ppo i phoseLousMrie de rte,Ps t vs Mat Ptq (Prs,  855), p  98.

6� Nots  Sur e chemn de o doueur  u me e ol depr  Coe on borde un nceu de eur e Feur amain Pr  Nu Mdi Pqu p  4.  4 Cueillon cueion a oe au ma n de a vie' Egie' bid p    Vol e eur ce Pure prirecone coe ce  Don Dieuomme uime empipourquoi e coe de miel chae ce roe  Semblen prier pour nou da ce maion du cel.' e Fleu ur Auel ib id p 9 6 e emp e on navire e on pa a demeure' Reo' bid p7 17. Je v un ange banc qu paa ur a e  . Eu a mor? u i d e ou bin eu a vie?     E lang devin nor e d - Je ui 'amour' 'Appaion ' Vior ugo  pa (Pari 965) p .  8    Diu bn l'one  on pour avoir rouv ma pour aoir chech  Ve u Cham bd p. 7 9 Uni  ibid  p 7 auhor ra nlaion  . a Marguerie  C Roe du Beng'  auhor' ranaion cf. Roe rel Au au B (Prface par Adolphe Borde) nd edn iieu 6 Me de Benera  a  a P  ar/ •ap(Can 9) pp  See alo Jacque Viqenl Pra  Nra ac a r  u (Condeur oirau  99) p  4.  Cne Cnicl' ( Canique de Clne') auhor ranaio c Poem (E) OC pp. 67 7.  Aqul Chaud  g  P(Pa 8 8) pp. 7 7-  5 . Ao knon in Enlh a Th Beauie of Chrini'  a pub hed he da before he cermon in he Caedral of ore Dame olemn aended b apoleon Bonapare and held o commemorae he reoraon of Caholicim a he ae religion of Frane and eemed o mark no mere Chaeaubriand on recoer ofbelefbu he regeneaion of France a one of he foremo nherior and defender of a European civilizaion poduced b Chriiani he demonrab rue fah I a ranaed ino man anguage and remained  reouce boo of Cahoic l oer he od ong afr Bonaparm andad Kno h pefc o Thoma  Kempi  a   onad h r.  Kno and M  Oak (ondon 1 99) p 6 from hch he follon page (h dapion) i aen  Thoma  Kmpi ibid pp 4-5  7 (adaped) 6 M A 8r T (96) p. 7 OC p.  7  Cp Wrk  SJh  h C  and e d E Allon Pee (ondon 964) Vol  Spiriual Son Beeen he Soul and h Spoue p 75 (daped) pp  8 (coenar pp. 69-76 p

Note  169 The owers as we have said are the rtes o the so The rose trees are the facules o the sae sol eor ndersnding and will tese bear and nurue owers of Divine conception and acts of love and of the sad virtues) Cited b Thrse in French in a leer to 1 5 August 1 892:Cuse L  35oeis  etters (S)sue p. xoviesis 1 52 OC p. 448 Positio of spe iodioe Betioi et 28 Cne Coiztiois SeveDei o. Teeiae  (Roe 1 94) v o x, p 82; Stphaneoseph Piat oie e oe de ae se  a Visitaio (Lisieux  966) pp 1 267 29. Fran�ois de Sales Itoutio  / Ve ote(1605 5t edn 1 61 9) See St Francis de Sales Iouio o the Deout fe  Aan Ross London 1 924) p. xiii (adapted) 30. bid. pp 634. 3. Charles Arnjon i u moe pset et mystes e  e futue (np 88 1  Liie 197 ) pp. 1 1   3 2 34  2 32. See e.g D 26 Septeber  89 OC p 1 162 33. OC pp  238 cf Bieeueux ope V. ttes oisesed. Jean Gennou (Pari 96) 34. D  p 269.

Caer   She wroe  "God says the auhor of the Imitato, "ouniates hiself soet d geat gh at other es sweetl veed under sig and fgres  (TT [1 926 p 92 Imitto  hit  434) See also DE 2 6 (May 1 897) OC p  1  2 OM p 28 3 Ms A 2v OC p. 2 4 M  83 OC p 21 0 5 LC 9 OC  p 13 On 9 une 89 Siter Marie of he Saed ear told hrse that the woud be ver sad afte she ded Thrse repe Oh  o yo will ee   . it w be lie a shower of roses  She added Aer y death you will go to the letter bo and you  fd any onsolatons (D   438 OC p   6) 6 In her esony Marie recalled hrses words We ut treure the oe pet whih she had plae one b one round her rui as the pels sipped ro her bed to the oor she said to he Sisters: Collet he arely Dont  one of the ou wil nd he a source of oy ater DE 4 Septeber 1 89 OC p  28 See also OM p 03 7 Se e DLT p 3 5 8 See MCp233 9 Des Roes athos tansaton C Poes E) p. 95 RP 5 (6) OC pp 86 0  See OC pp 3940 1099  2    Waer e a Mae te om(Lonon  99) p  1 6.

7� No 2 Ms  9 OC p 204 3 Ms B 3 OC p 226  Dant igi  n  rgary an Paa t H  Cay (Lndn 1893) Cant X I (027) p 436 (s as Cant X I 4-22) 124-  Cant 1   M C GyaX  n 'r v 2 (as 9 3)p 4   nn Mayw  R Myth kr an g(Lndn 99) p  DLT pp 3 8- 9 6 T ss  psyga stba s sd by Ts atd  dy Wn  s an ntd t cnnt T   ad s t a snd t   was pndy distssd wn nab t a  st Cin tg wt  ass bas s ad n n st tw days t at t aw  t d  s in 1 883  D t East  was n i and n East atday wa attad y ts  tg wc astd  s ws D Gaya dd t  a a t ss st  ta (OCp 22 n 9 4 17 t was a g to  Ma w ti a ba  M it ad w ad pd  t stat  wataing ad w e   t  d  ef o ed he t  he ed of a a ay  a ppty  ad g cs t i p ad sd a a a t i aiag  188 t stat td t ay o ad ba t s  t ng pays ad s  sa ptit  n ad aig I 80 M Matn pt by t dat   vyad dagt  d satn  t sat wn an in vi said  is  id  W  od dagts sad ty wantd t pay  a s ps ig g  d   ad b n gantd s any gas b i tat  wd  a  s as ng a  d I s nw n a  ab  si  Lisi 1  DE 21  g 1 9 LC p 16  C p  0   M  30r OC p  1 6 Ms  2 OC p 7 1  i   May 88 C p 9 2  Cp 96 1 Wy I v Y  May ( 54 OC p 70) w  2 gst  d a dd vytg s ad wad t pa abt O ady (D OC p 1 04 20 T ( 194) p  12 OC pp 17 2-3  as Ms  6 6 v OC

 72-  ( 926)(E pppp 1 212  8v OC  2   p a C  s 62-3Ms (adaptd) OCppp216840 22 ttr  ai 4 (?) y 1 88  OC p 301  L () p 9 23  L r an h L S ran h h Mrrr t  Oy R t ad  ny atr (d 9 0) p 29 24 M B 3 OC p 224 2  Lts () p 268 L 213 OC p 70 2 an  a S (g  Bt n)  Oy t a (ds)  L r p 29

otes    2 OC p 022 28 etters (S) p 88;  89 OC p 389 See o OC pp 1 2334 29. St ranc de Se Intodtion to te Dout e,t. A. o (ondon 924 pp xii 63 (See nrodction pp 2Q bo) 30 See bdnne pp 8 31 WinonAllen Stoies te Rse te min ote osy inte Midde Aes(Pennylvni 199) pp 88 10Q1ohn D ier ds nd ye e Rosy n Histoy nd Devoin (ondon 2001 p 3  32.  C 5v O  pp. 2689 See alo D  20 Augut O p   0 33. S. Pit onie (iiex 1 966 p. 1 49 34. . G. zer e Golden Boug: stud in mgi nd eiionVo : e Mi A(ondon 935) pp 81 09; irce lde it distoie des ligions2nd edn (Par 1 965  p 230 nd pssim 35 e in Jne 89 he woe on  cp o ppe  God wth e help o yor grce   redy to pill l y blood DH pp 259 26 36  C 45r; OC p 240 3. en tough Puline reored her ying th she ws no t ut od o owr nd e but of rd ower nd beutil pink aie See D  (28 ug ut 89; O p.   15. 38  A 2 OC p 92. She tree he word now by wring it in cpt nd olow  wth n exltion k 39 See  05 0 y 1890 etes (S p 1 09 OC p 409 See o  40   0 L  p   p 4. 0. Not ony ecue ne w n ost invie in feue ut so ese ofs og ssoion wth hidhood innoence and even oin ho Dord  V D  Hs ss (Nw Yo 2000 p xv. 4. See te photogrph repded n DH p 38 42 See yhew e Rse, pp. 392 43 See eg P Dv ome an A-Z(Son Wden 988) pp 28 99  . 44 Seetions om e Wiing Jn Ruski (ondon 1 862 p 309 45 bid pp 45 (c.ohn kn Mden Pintes,ol. 5 ondon 860 pt 6 ch 10. 46  A 29v N (196) p 59 OC  p. 1 1  4. Une Fleur  P 5 (14; Poe (  p 94 (dpted; OC p 880. 48 PN 18Cpp619 49  98 22 Otober 1 889; ete (S p 1 02 OC p. 398 50 See O p 96. 5   An oc son renscent o Hopkns lent or the eng o insey Poplar  we bu knew wht we do I When we delve or hew    I Hck and rck the growing geen' oems  Gead Mnley Hoins, 4th edn ed W H Gdne nd N H cenzie (ondon 1 96 p 8 52  1 34 etters (S p  50; O p 446

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S ilutai i DL  1 9 207 S t DL   220 L   25 Ai 89  Lt S)   65; OC  6 1  bd L 55 L S)   9 1 ; OC  8  P 5 P E)  26 adat d); OC  7  9. L 55 59 y 1888 L r S)  9   OC  8   A 50 OC   52 S DL  76  a illtati  t did     a it  O ady Vi 6 M A   OC  7 65 M A 2   926)  5; OC  72 S t Can  Cin P 8 OC  7) d  L Cain D OC  127  a  66 L Daad Sin   Lu:  bgpy t  Y Ca Lndn 1929)     5 7  5  5  82;  S    O    8 D  A 7; OC   07    n n LH  02 69 L 18;  S)  1 OC  06 1 296 n  ) 70 M A 5  OC  126 7   L 12 20 Ob  1 890 L  S)  1 5 OC   72 L 12  20 Ob  89  L S)  1 6; OC   7 L    26 Ai 892 t S)   50 OC  7. 7   A a P 2 P )  8 dd) OC  698  75 M A 1   1 926)  25 O  89 76 L  2  S)   67 C   n 2 77     Ltt S)   65 C  61  78 D D  Mar Viina  a R Di  L La ia d Ma  P  ; P (E)  7 adatd) OC  65 79 P 2 2) ; P E)  212 adtd) O  697 80 M A 6  ( 926) . 90 OC  1  8 At  8   taa  dib S Pt iat OC u  72wati S aul RP 2wt ) OC t dw  ba b talanti t t  aly adn and M C 2  1926)  178 OC  26 w  aratiz  d t   dd 82 L 1 02  S)  0 7 OC  06  8 P 2 20 bay 89  C  67 8 L 69  9 At 1 89  ttr (S)  210 OC  507  85  P 1 7 P  adatd) OC  66 7

Note   73 86 N 20; oe () (adated); O, p. 684 8 Ms  36v TNT ( 1926), p 240; O, pp 284

ater 2 1  stave aer, Mm ry, tr E MaAveng (ondon 1886) p 39 eptozng he atttudes ofsuh st o gures ofrenh Roan s as haeaurands Re he asole sotde, he seale of nare soon ersed e n a sate alos eyond words  I was overoe y a superaundane of fe' f  R de hateaurand, uvs oissvol. I ( ars, 19 2), p.  1 1 . 2  S a, OM T Str A Fmily (Dun, 1 94), p. 38. 3 Author's ransaton, an d see d, p1 08 4 Soer enevve ne, onsils  Sounrs(ars, 192), p 87 See also Sser Genevve of the oy ae, A Mmoir  my Sistr Sn rs (Dn,  99), p 1 19  See aqes Matre L'Orln   n (ars, 1 99), p 3  6 ose Swanon Beo,  r/r u isoirs lcturs css (ars, 1 80)  p 4 7 TNT (194 7, p 4 M  A   v O pp 8 See also, ne s eter (1 ne 18) to Mare, on rereat at e Mans, reportng hat the s geranu and the dahlas n ther garden had grown longer than her fger 8 TNT ( ;  r , . 8 9. NT ( 1926, . 44 Ms A  3r O p. 89 0 TNT (947) p 44;   1 249, n 48  1  See Mael rost A  c u ms ru,ol  (as, 14) pp 7 , 94-7 and sm. hse woe aro sounds wafted towards e on the urrng reee, and fant noes of [tary] s fro the neghourng tow nged y thoghts wth gene eanholy See TNT (1 947), p 46; Ms A 1 4v O p. 9  . 1 2  ues erne se,  n or llusr   Frc t  s olns (ars nd  [ 180, p 1 19 Aen�on, however, reeves an aoade for ts road lean srees and avenue of spendd hesnut trees (d, p. 49) . N (1 94), p 47 Ms A 1 4v1 r; O, p 92 14 N ( 194), pp 46 Ms A 1 4r; O, p 9 1  15 N (1 94), pp 379-8 (adapted); N 8, , pp 619 16  Se e ettes ( I), pp 1 3 1. 1 D, 29 July 885 etters ( I), p 228. 1 8 SS (K) p 9 Ms A 22r; O pp 1 034 19 OM , p 184 20 N (1926 , p 0  Ms A 26v; O, p   2 . N ( 1926)  pp 47-8 Ms A 2v  O p.  09 22 OM, p 97

14� Notes 23 LC 7 o  An ou o Th D 1 882 o n 1883; Ltt (C ,p 17 2 P, e y A y,p 0 2  TNT ( 1926 pp 5-; M A 29v; OC, pp 1  51 6 26 27 28 29

TNT pp1 883 57-9; MLtt A 30v OCpp , p1 1 1 7  LC  2(1926 13 M ;  (C; Ltt o Pln, id pp 1 580 LT 9 o Th to Moth M  onzu Nov D  882(?; OC, p 302; Lttr (S, p  0 30 n 909 th otion w puihd with o lton  Du   nu}u  aan   p cunn (wo Month n Nn D o Ppon fo  t Conon' 3   LT 1  ; OC p 303; Lt (S, p 2 S lo L C 20 Puin to Th  7 u 188, Ltt (C   p  8  32 TNT (192 6 p 6 ; M A 33; OC, p 12     Ltt (C  pp 8 9, nn   o th illtton o Th' opoo n DLTH, p 5 3 S  LC 23 2 26 , 2 , 29  3 ; Pl in t  to Th o 28 u  6, 32 M 10 Api, 6 M 88; Ltt (C ) pp 187 (n  18 8 19 2, 19 3 19 , 19 7 19 9.

 N (1926 (dptd, p 68 M A 3  OC pp  2 6 N ( 1926, pp 61 2; M A 31 v; OC, p 1 19 S o h po Cn v o h wn h d h t Conon (8 M 188, tt  Lt (C  pp  277-9 lltd n DLH, p 56 37 M A 2v; OC , p 38   ( K)  pp 96-7 38 LT 2/LC , Pln tt to Cn nd Th  22  2 Oto 1 886; Lt (C  p 23 9 LT 22LC 9  uin lt to T n Cl n o 16  n 887; Ltt (C  p 27 0 M A 6v; OC p 1   1  TNT ( 926, pp 03; M A 3; OC p 1 7  S o Pit,  Sy  A Fml p 282 2 TNT ( 1926 p 98; M A v; OC, p 1 52 3   LT 27 o Pin OC p 320 L (S , pp 22-  LT 27 /LC 6, Pn to M n, 2 Oto 887; Ltt (C )  pp TNT 29 (9 7, p 97; M A 5  v; OC, p  7 TNT (1 97, pp 1 07; M A 578v  OC, pp  67  8 TNT (197 , p 1 07; M A 58v; OC, p  68 9 N (97, p 119;Ms A 67; OC p 1 82 50 M A 7 ; OC p 189    S M B /v; OC p  22 8 L  ( ) pp 82-3

Notes  5

a 3 1  TT ( 1926) p  36 (dpted) Ms A 69v OC p. 1 86 2 (1 926) p 1 37 Ms 3 TT A eie n Ci c A v69v OC p 1 87. 4. See TT (1926) pp 1689 Ms A 81v OC pp 278 See lo Se Geevve A Meir   Ster Sint Te(Db 99) pp   9-2  Sse Geevve Meorpp. 129-3 C DT p. 132 6.  49 2-3 M 1 888 C p 343 ees (S) p. 44-. 7 C 8 1  2 M 888 etters (C ) p 432. 8 D 7 ue 1 888 D 1  ue 1 888 eters (C  pp. 432-3 9 See C 1 9 u 1 889 () eers (C I p 9. 1  C 2 7 Jur 1 889 eters (C  p 6 1 1  See Ms A 72v OC p 192 TT (9 26) pp. 4 7. 12 Te ve me eve mre  mere seor d mdest resr. Tre desred ot n spcuouess but udetdg. Se ew wom e w olowg    T w te est ower o er devoo o e oly e Se veme er prde e dere or su  t mot pwel o un mpule w t tme tbbed e youg et w e  - b weg te ve o te se Id Fedee Grres e Hidden Fe: A Sd f re  Usie tr. R d C Wst (ondo 99 )  p 3 1 1 T 12 27 Ap 189 OC pp 6 eers (S) p 16 C. T 1  OC p 7 T 1 OC p 8   ette (C , p 6 13 n .   C. T 8 OC p 41 2 etes (S)  . 1    eer o e Ap-My 1 89 ee (S) pp 178 C T 1  My () 1 89 OC p. 46 eer (C , pp. 6 2-13.  6 T 7 2 ly 1 888 OC pp. 349- etter (S) pp 48-9. C eers (C ) p 4  oe T 83 Febr  889 OC pp 381-2 ette (S) p 78 17 T 17 Trse  Ce 1 9-2 M 189 OC p  Lees (S) p13 18. L 1 M 89 OC pp. 48-9 ee (S)  p 1 9 19  M A 76v-77r OC p 1 99 TT (926) pp 1 7 (dped) 2 Ms A 84v OC p. 21 3 TT ( 926) p  76 2 . See DT p. 1 97 22 Sster Gnevve Meoir op t pp 49 23. T  22 Trse  Clne   Ober 1 89 OC p. 43 eter (S) p 133 24. LT 2 he  Me Gu 1  Otbe 189; OC pp  2 Le (S) pp 1 34- 2. T 1 24 2 Otbe  89 OC p. 433 eer (S) p  36 26 . T 1 3 2 Jly 1 89 1  OC   4 etes (S) p  4

 76 " Noes 27. Ms A 9 OC p 203 TNT  926) pp. 63. 28   32, hse t Cln 2 Octoe  89   OC, p. - ete (S, pp  4  2 L  3, Ts e t o Cline, 26 Apil 1892  OC p. 446-8 Letter S) , pp 152. 3. LT  4 1 , lete o Clne, 25 Apil 183 OC, p 6  ; Leters (S) p. 635   .  . .  wih is wont to s and diso n the air c the expanation f the Spiiual Canile, st anza X  Th Complet Wrks ofSJhn fth C, tr and e E Aison Pees (London, 964 ol.  p. 339 32. D 7 Api OC,  992 33 See DLH p  59 34 LT  56 OC p 486 ettes (S ),   89 Se e as LT 160 to Sse M aie Aloysa Vae, 3 Apri  89  OC, . 92; etters (S), p  94 35 RP 2, 25 Dember 1 89 C,pp  80 18 . Cf Lees (C )  5 , n  2. 6. Se OC pp 962 1 Payr c ai 7 <Liux  Alea Kane, OCD Washngton  997)  pp 48-50 3 LT  87 30 Apl  896 C p. 536 Lete (S)  p. 234. 38 Ms B 4/v OC . 228 TT ( 926) p 255 adate). 39. PN 3 ete  les  28 une  896) OC  7  7-8 To Scatte Fwes' t Susan L. Emey n TT 947) . 383 (adapted)  40 T  4 OC p 548 Leter (C I I)  pp 989-90.    Is 58  A. 42 See DE 2 to 26 May; OC, p.  00 3. T 25 OC, p 602; etters S), p 305  44 To Tphane Vna r, Pe t of the Foreign Mission So iety, mar tyre a Tonkn at the age o 31 Poems (E, p 82 (aapt) A Thoh ane Vnard', PN 7, 2 Ferary 189 OC,  737. 5 My y', Poms  , p. 36 adapted) Maoie; PN 45, 21 anay 1 897; OC p  733. 46. Ibd. 7 LT 22, rom Thse to aher Bire, 2 A 1897 (in response to his eter, LC 77 ,   Apil 1897 OC pp. 583-4; etters (S) pp 287 48. Adng  o Ser Mar  o e Trny e OC, p  1 395 9 A Rose withot etas', oems (), p. 42 (aapte Une rose eeie' P 5 1 , 19 May 1897 OC p. 744 5. Sste also PN Mris 5 v.emony 22 OC o755. 7 Janay 935. See OC pp. 395. se 5  . TNT ! 26) , pp 177-8 (apte Ms C  / v/2 OC, p 235-6 2 LT 240, 3 June ?  897  om Tse o Ste Maie of the Tinty  OC, p 597 Letes S), p 3   53. DE, 7 June (2   89 OC, p  0  2. 5  E,   June 189 OC p.  17 6 See al OC p. 162, n  20 55 LT 26 om Tse o Sster Maie o te Tinity, 13 Jne 87 OC p 62  ete S)  p 304

No � 77 56. 5. 58 . 59.

DE 25J ly 8)  897; C p. 1 058. DE 5 Aug  89  9  p 1079 DE 6 ugust 1 89 8  OC, pp 1 082 DE 1  Septemer 1 89 2) OC p. 1 27

60. DE OC 1 S eptemer   E  90  1 897 )  OC, p 1 128 62. Ibid. 6 DE 24 Sepember 1 894 ) OC p. 1 5   O  p 27 . 6. Ibdpp 16

har   . 9 Jl 189 C p. 105   2 . LT 9  0 July  896 OC pp 547-8 Lee S p 24    v O p  . 4 Fo Tre ome on los  DE 21 a 1897 n OC p. 000: I nd hophane Vnard mch moe peasng ha n S loyis o Gonaga ecaue St oyis ie is eraordna and hophanes que ornary. 5. O C p  1 76 6. Se TNT 1927) p 21 Sister atha o eu rmembred tha she and oter areAnge ad meed a rong swee fragrane of otoe' ar te tt  t ty  t l J  t  ntil doub Se atha meed a stng cent o roe cong m e oato net door o er ce et a t p o ecented nd t a long  om  cel and ad ml prne bot ee tmes n te t yeas beore er esony or t cause. See O pp  6-7 228. . Qod n G C p. . 8. Ibd p. 2. 9 bd. p.2. Te st edion o Sy  Su dd no concea h at tat rse a dobts and went trog a perod o dspondency. Later edton obscud ts. 10. n 89 Cine had eeved leson rom douard g a pupi of andrn wo as wiing o intoduce he o e Son.   . D pp 890. 1. s B r OC p 228T ( 1947 p. 205 (adapted  ee aso  4 C p 71 7. 1. A selecon of ove abet om an mmense nmer ecorded y e aor n t to loo ted. Con pl nd  contain sar trute.  See aso he ccont o e new poa o Thrse n    Augst 9. Anoe nuence wa In th st h Rssa patng o 19   b Ferdnand oybet donated to Carel n tat year

7� ot b  B ra se   A f S r f , centa y F de Sntee OD; t.  Rba OD New k 96 5   B  O   8 TNT  96,  56. 6 Te were te mt reman in Tre graeder led tat e bne precy e n td ine itle  mt nd nting t eny in e  yo can eect t nd nting bt a el etne O  57. Se al ad hat he wd raher be redced t owder' tan be rerved like S ateine f Bgna ee O  109. 7 Da3 Otber  9 3 a  ted in G  567 8  TN   947 . 39  9 See Daid Blakbrn,  Map  aa n a h  M Gray ndn  99  . 1 7-7  n ant  ti gldn age frgaized a pilgrimge T e crc  .   ime t de biy dubiu aitin and t nc a we cil ul t  te it nideed eemla e ba rgnized ilgiage rein nd nte niie erve ti re  57  0 f G 07    D O    T ; O 09-0ett S 3 3. D wit ae G in; O . 83  ee eg e tabar  re n ereAndr iga omm   Mrac  a Frnc Ma r,  98  ,  883 0  TNT 1 9  3334 2 T Scatr lwer, O  778 r R. and . inn in a iedere Grre  n FcA Sy f  f  ndn 959 . 87 7 NT  7 . 3  28 T . 73 9 bid   4 30. bd. 566 3  Ibi   479 3. Iid  80 33 Ibid  .  73 3 TN 19 ,  88. 3 3 iam T    M8 igham  f f h t  d 9   30  37 T  35 38  G   9  39    800 0 TNT   97  399  See eg V Sale Wet  a   D ndn 93  7 78-

ote  7 42  pp  667    r r Vi ii pn l pmir '  to vc d Pepe te . Dm i 1979 . 2 p. 8 . 4.  lt poe   91i8.hi p  Ve Ctoe   Fe coem . S Qee Et de mbee ete ee  me e Ue ped  eii ..) ]. t At  tmnt  clr t  chl t  rn  r   94- 98  Univity  th 97 pm;A  Ge e  r 199) pm .    . 7. i pp.  68-70 8. . pp 7 . 9. i. p 0. 0 Ii. pp 5  N 9 8-2. 2 p 54. 2. i. p. . 5. p. 55 4 N 1 947)  p 409.  OC p. 04.  N l  89 r e dde Fcep  .  NT 947 p.   58 D    87 C  05

Bibiography I Works by Trse ofLseux The de nantss et de  ntee vres cmes xes et Deres Paress 2)  Hsoie de e eu 1898). Histire d'nee, ev edn (seu.95) Hisre d'e  e de Saine Tse de Lsiexed Cnad de eete a  A Le Wite owr h Sor  Sait hrse f i, t Thas N Tayl dn 1912)  L  e Th Sr f S T  Liea eed ala tn  he detie Caelte edtn  he aubgaphy by the ed Tha N Tyl wtness bee the tbnl f the Beatiatn 926). dn Sa rse Liseux, ed ad t T N Tayl Lndn 1947) hrse of siex Abogray of a Sain t nald Kn ndn 198) Story f a Su e obgrapy of St hse  iex, a new tanat  the ignl ancpt by hn ake OC ahingn C 972).  Bbe aec se de LiseuxPa 997) Coeed ters  Sain hrse de Lsieux,17 317 ed bb Cmbs   Shed dn 949. Saint rse  Lseu era Corspodee thn Ce O Vl I (8-90) V  (89097) aingtn  98. Pems ofS resa rmete fLseuxt an  my ndn  Btn 1907-8) Poems < S Mse  e Cd esus, t. The Caetes f anta aa (ndn 192) Rras Peuse et PresPs 992) T P  Sa T!re   ea Kane O hngtn , 1 997 Novissa Vrba eu 197 e Enreesa 9)

Bogrpy  8 ositio sper itrodtione Casae Baos se xoviesis Beat!atos et Canzon Sv  So. Ta. .  (R, 9 )

: On Tse h, Pac, e Story fA ve arie and rse (Lodo, 999). Bahaa, Ha  o, w Sters  te Spirit: se  Usie ad Eizabe fthe inty(a Facco 1992) Chao,an rse de UsiexPa,199). Cuga, Wa M T nfodn  t  owr(oo 9 ). Day, Mcha, Crian Simpty in S Trse (Lodo, 95). DlauMadu, Luc, Saint rse Uex a bgpy. H.  ha (Lodo 929). Dcouvo, i ad Lo, Hlu l, re  isex(a 99) Moca rse  Usex(Lodo,  97)  Fuo, Gv, ou [C! Ma, Conse t Sonrs (ai, 952). Gi o h o Fac i, A emoir of my Sr Sat rse  Camt  o w Yo Dub, 959). Goaux bb au, Sain er  e Chd es er perara harater W Ray, L (Ldo, 192). G, da d, Te Hdden ae A Sty  St re  isex t. Rchad a Caa Wto (Lodo,959) y, B Mu, R  d ha E, ae   e 997. Ma,qus, (Pas 1995). Bra Mao Rot,LOrpheie Sae e daHomme (atau, 997). Mau, Fao BoNoeVo 5 (Pas, 1957 ). Mac, ao Nova mre Irer(Pa, 965) Msch, Maxc va d  etie Sante Trse(Ps  97) Mt Coad d, s ma des  meae de re(Pas, 972 OMaoy Chtoph d ad t. S Trse  Uex by thoe ho ne he stmnefrom the pes betatnDub, 1975) Pa, phanoph, OFM e tor of m   Bd o anoo ey (Dub, 1947) at paoep, OF M ie e s de ait rse  a itatio Lx, 1966). Rdmon Pau  nd e art e seed ad the root  the ite oer(Lodo, 1995)  aci W, Vcoa,e Eae ad e Doe(Lodo, 19) Ma,  d, OCD (d. e t Abm  St rse fex  P- ohh, OCDP (w Yo, 1962). x,aFaos,  vrtabe e de Trse e sex Nrose e Sae (Pa, 972).

82  Bbg Six,Jean-Frwos Lir d   l  rr mo  r  Li (Pai, 5) S JeanFan�oi r   o comb piul  o (rs . Til Rg 13) d Basv  u o Bc o  L lw oJ Lon Viqun cqs Prmd  Nond c Si   Liu CdNa 3

I e wor a  o w d   b a g   elevant endntes