Quote of the day, 25 November: Blessed Anne of Jesus

“You have entered an Order so holy and perfect, that by keeping its rules and constitutions faithfully, one will go directly from her deathbed to her home in heaven.”

Blessed Anne of Jesus

The powerful intercession of Anne of Jesus and Anne of St. Bartholomew were to work… prodigies near their holy relics. A spiritual daughter of Madame Louise of France—a Carmelite of St. Denis, Madame de Chamboran—imbibed the fire of divine charity and the strength of martyrdom.

Led to the scaffold several years later, she made her confession: “I am a child of the Catholic Church.” After these words, adorned with the blood of martyrdom, she went to join in heaven the daughter of St. Louis.

Animated with the same heroism, the Carmelites of Compiègne went to the scaffold singing hymns, and radiant as angels, they gathered the palm of martyrdom. Happy virgins! With their Sisters of St. Denis, they bequeathed to the Carmel of France an eternal title of glory: first among all the daughters of St. Teresa, they shed their blood for Jesus Christ.

And if, during the tortures of the Revolution, all the daughters of St. Teresa in France proved themselves angels of virtue before the world, one need not be astonished. Anne of Jesus and Anne of St. Bartholomew were interceding with God for this Carmel, which they have so deeply imbued with the spirit of the holy Foundress.

Marcel Bouix, S.J.

Preface, Autobiography of the Blessed Mother Anne of Saint Bartholomew

Anne of St. Bartholomew, M; Bouix, M 1917,  Autobiography of the Blessed Mother Anne of Saint Bartholomew, inseparable companion of Saint Teresa, and foundress of the Carmels of Pontoise, Tours and Antwerp, translated from the French by Michael, M A, H. S. Collins Printing Co., Saint Louis.

Featured image: This painting features a trio of foundresses: Anne of Jesus, Teresa of Avila, and Anne of St. Bartholomew. This image graces Stella Maris Church in Haifa, Israel. Image credit: Adobe Stock (Stock photo)

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