Life of the Reverend Mother Jeanne Chézard de Matel, foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and the Blessed Sacrament, according to original manuscripts / by the Reverend Mother Saint Pierre of Jesus ; translated from the original French by Henry Churchill Semple . rieswhich He wrought for our Eedemption, and wishing torecognize the affectionate love that leads Him to dwellamongst us in the Blessed Eucharist, as also to honor theImmaculate Conception of the glorious Virgin, His Mother,and desiring to contribute according to my weakness tothe glory of His Holy Name do vow to Your Divine
Life of the Reverend Mother Jeanne Chézard de Matel, foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and the Blessed Sacrament, according to original manuscripts / by the Reverend Mother Saint Pierre of Jesus ; translated from the original French by Henry Churchill Semple . rieswhich He wrought for our Eedemption, and wishing torecognize the affectionate love that leads Him to dwellamongst us in the Blessed Eucharist, as also to honor theImmaculate Conception of the glorious Virgin, His Mother,and desiring to contribute according to my weakness tothe glory of His Holy Name do vow to Your Divine Majesty,in the presence of the same glorious Virgin, of her dearspouse, St. Joseph, and of the whole heavenly court, perpet-ual chastity, to live and die in the holy Congregation of theIncarnate Word, never to abandon the purpose, inspired byHim, of establishing this Congregation as a religious Order,in which the Incarnate Word may be perpetually and spe-cially served and adored. I, therefore, conjure Your good-ness, by the bonds of Your infinite charity, by the meritsand blood of the Incarnate Word, Jesus Christ, by thepowerful intercession of His Immaculate Mother and ofHis beloved Foster-father, to accept the sacrifice which LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE MATEL. Facsimile of the Formula of Vows which Mother de Matel wroteand signed witli her own blood. OPPOSITION OF MONSIGNOR DB RICHELIEU 187 T make of my body and my liberty, as an odor of sweetness,and to grant me abundant grace to accomplish it. Amen. Jeanne de Matel. After Mother de Matel had thus solemnly consecratedherself to the Incarnate Word and to the mission whichHe had confided to her, He gave Himself to her in HolyCommunion. Nine of her daughters made similar engage-ments in the same terms, which the majority had alsowritten in their own blood. Without the vows which wouldmake them religious of the Incarnate Word and withoutthe consolation which had been refused to them, this wasthe most irrevocable donation of
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