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 . gioushabit. At their profession, theywere to replace, by the blackveil, the white veil of the nov-ices and to receive the red man-tle, the memorial of the deris-ory purple of their RoyalSpouse and His all-powerfulprotection with which He hadpromised to cover them. Thatthe transformation of theirwhole selves into Jesus mightbe
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 . gioushabit. At their profession, theywere to replace, by the blackveil, the white veil of the nov-ices and to receive the red man-tle, the memorial of the deris-ory purple of their RoyalSpouse and His all-powerfulprotection with which He hadpromised to cover them. Thatthe transformation of theirwhole selves into Jesus mightbe the more complete, theirnames in the world were changed into religious Gibalin became Sister Margaret of Jesus; MaryNallard, Sister Mary of the Holy Ghost; Teresa Gibalin,Sister Teresa of Jesus; Jane Fiot, Sister Jane of the Pas-sion; Mary Malacher, Sister Mary of St. Joseph. This exterior transformation of the five happy noviceswas but a symbol of one more important but more difficultwhich was to be wrought in the interior of their sonls andwas lo transform them so perfectly into Jesus that theywould become here below His closest copies, so that theEternal Father could say in blessing them: This is, beloved Son in Whom I am well Escutcheon of the Scapular of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word. FOUNDATION OF THE FIRST MONASTERY 231 Such was the ideal to be attained. The means of reach-ing it were defined in the Constitutions which the VicarGeneral had lately approved, after the excellent testimonialgiven by the commission which had examined it. The cere-mony being over, he returned it to the new religious andrecommended its exact observance. After having blessedthem again, he declared that the cloister was henceforth inforce. The first monastery of the Order of the Incarnate Wordwas founded. What must have been the joy of these fervent noviceswhen the gate of the cloister was closed upon them, andthey saw themselves in the peaceful possession
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