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Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint, 1572-1641; Bourne, Cardinal, 1861-1935 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Visitation Nuns (Harrow, London, England) [Translator]· 2 chapters· 48,349 words

I feel sure, my dearest nephew, that, alas! you must already know of the death of my dear one.[A] Five days after her decease we announced the news to Mgr. of Bourges,[B] but I fear the letters may have been lost. It has truly, my child, been a great grief to me to be deprived...

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1. ill. The infant only lived to receive baptism, and Marie Aimée died two

I feel sure, my dearest nephew, that, alas! you must already know of the death of my dear one.[A] Five days after her decease we announced the news to Mgr. of Bourges,[B] but I...

2. Chapter XIV. of the second part.

You attribute everything to your negligence! Accept the good that comes to you, and when God withdraws Himself do not run after Him. You are always doing His will provided you k...