Because of her extreme love, Catherine split her piece down the middle, swallowing half and placing the rest in her prayer book. She earnestly prayed to St. Vincent that she might, with her own eyes, see the Mother of God. Midnight Mass. Quietly, she knelt at the Communion rail, and suddenly heard the rustle of a silk dress. The Blessed Virgin, in a blaze of glory, sat in a chair like that of Saint Anne's. Tell your spiritual director all that passes within you.
Times are evil in France and in the world.
A pained expression crossed the Virgin's face. Graces will be shed on all, great and little, especially upon those who seek them. Another community of sisters will join the Rue du Bac community. Etienne received Saint Elizabeth Seton's sisters of Emmitsburg, MD, into the Paris community. Then, like a fading shadow, Our Lady was gone.