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The
following are the words spoken and written by Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey
during her life.
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‘Aren’t we lucky to have such a fine vocation!...Never
regret what you have sacrificed or what you are going to sacrifice you’ll
find it all in eternity.’
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‘At present
you see only the painful side of the undertaking; very soon you will see
its precious fruit. Don’t lose heart.’
§
‘Let us
go to God with our whole heart. Let us work at our sanctification and
remember that we are responsible for the holiness of those who are confided
to our care.’
§
‘God is
leading you by the hand’.
§
‘God has
His hours. Happy those who can recognise them and do not resist His inspirations.’
§
‘Place everything
at the foot of the Cross and say, Lord uphold your work; you know my weakness;
my strength comes from you alone.-Then take courage.’
§
‘I am very
glad that the world can no longer touch me or capture me in its snares;
they are imperceptible to those living in it ,but become so obvious when
on draws back from it.’
§
‘We must
never calculate with God. Since you serve so good a master, you needn’t
be afraid you’ll do too much.’
§
‘I will
sacrifice everything, even myself, for souls.’
§
‘Never have
I felt so keenly the sweetness of the Lord’s yoke as since I left all
things for love of Him.’
§
‘God will
give you the grace according to your needs; never doubt your strength
when you count on Him. God alone can take the place of everything for
you.’
§
‘Teach them
to preserve the interior spirit in the midst of the distracting occupations
of their state.’
§
‘Let us
think of the honour God has conferred on us by calling us to make Him
known, loved and served in countries that are in such need.’
§
‘I love
you all with such tenderness, do all you can to keep this spirit of union
and charity that must characterize the true daughters of
