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 . in gone to the war. His braveryhad placed him in such a perilous post that the arrival ofeach courier caused his unhappy wife intense worry, lestshe might learn of his death. This anguish lasted severalmonths. Sleep almost deserted her and often her onlynourishment was bread and water. Better news havingat last arrived, hope
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 . in gone to the war. His braveryhad placed him in such a perilous post that the arrival ofeach courier caused his unhappy wife intense worry, lestshe might learn of his death. This anguish lasted severalmonths. Sleep almost deserted her and often her onlynourishment was bread and water. Better news havingat last arrived, hope was entertained for the safety of herlife and that of the child. She had scarcely begun to recuperate when one daymessengers were speedily despatched to tell her that hercastle was on fire. Forgetting the critical condition ofher health, Madame de Matel started in great haste, fell,and burst a blood vessel. Seemingly there was everythingto fear for the infant, but God was watching over that iThe fact is related by Mother de B61y in her Manuscript I, ch. I. BIRTH EARLY YEARS <) fruit of benediction, and six weeks later Jeanne de Matelwas happily born to the world on November 6, 1596. We have already seen how by a providential coincidence. 4- \S/6 3°. t*y f
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