Letter 506. To Madame de Vigny}

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My dearest Daughter, my darling,—Thank God you are at Dijon, time seemed long until I heard of your safe arrival there. Believe this, you and your good deeds captivate me, and your friendship is dearer to me than I can express. Let me, I beg of you, continue to possess it, together with your whole-hearted confidence, which consoles me. It comforts me too to know that you wish me to love you, and this indeed I do more than you have any idea. You are in the very core of my heart as a good and beloved sister.

Abide contentedly in the will of God, I beseech you, and advance tranquilly in His holy love, performing your little she herself intoned the Te Deum in thanksgiving after High Mass in the newly established monastery; the inhabitants of Riom blessing God and acclaiming the foundation with as much energy as they had up to this time abused and derided it.

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I am longing to know what you have done about your brother. May God in His goodness inspire him to leave you in peace. Beso kind as to salute on my part our good and dear friends whose names are in my heart. You know them all, etc.¹

Footnotes

1. Madame de Vigny, benefactress of the monastery of Dijon, had just passed some months at Lyons, near Mother de Blonay. On her return to Burgundy Saint Jane Frances de Chantal addressed this letter to her. practices of devotion with faithfulness, whilst awaiting in patience the visit of Our Lord. ↩