Ursule.
"Oh, Mere Esther! Mere Esther!" exclaimed the Lady Superior. "I
feel too great a satisfaction in view of the rich dower of these two
girls. I need much self-examination to weed out worldly thoughts.
Alas! Alas! I would rather be the humblest aunt in our kitchen
than the Lady Superior of the Ursulines. Blessed old Mere Marie
used to say 'a good turn in the kitchen was as good as a prayer in
the chapel.'"
Mere Esther reflected a moment, and said, "We have long found it
easier to pray for souls than to relieve bodies. I thank good St.
Joseph for this prospective blessing upon our monastery."
During the long and wasting war, Mere Migeon had seen her poor nuns
reduced to grievous straits, which they bore cheerfully, however, as
their share of the common suffering of their country. The cassette
of St. Joseph, wherein were deposited the oboli for the poor, had
long been emptied. The image of St. Joseph au Ble, that stood at
the great stair, and kept watch over the storeroom of corn and
bread, had often guarded an empty chamber.
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