The Nuns of Port Royal, As Seen in Their Own Narratives
The book The Nuns of Port Royal, As Seen in Their Own Narratives was written by author Lowndes, M. E. (Mary E.) Here you can read free online of The Nuns of Port Royal, As Seen in Their Own Narratives book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Nuns of Port Royal, As Seen in Their Own Narratives a good or bad book?
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' A few days after, he returned, and I believe that he obtained for me by his prayers the grace of overcoming my extreme repugnance to confess, since I did it then without great diffi- culty. I became so contented and happy that I felt a different creature : and, although God made me feel sorrow for my sins, I may say that I have never had so true or even so keen a satisfaction in all my life, and that never had I had so much pleasure in amusing myself and laughing as I had then in weeping. I o...ught not to relate this, since I am writing only that which concerns the guidance and the providence of God for this House ; but I tell it because all our Sisters, with exception of two, were in the same disposition of penitence and of joy. ' There was so close union of all our hearts, that, in a silence carefully kept, it seemed as though our Sisters spoke to each other, to confirm each other in the desire of religious perfection. Punctuality in all observances was very great. Our Chapel was in one of the noisiest streets in Paris, where one heard all sorts of follies.
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