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LIFE
of the Reverend Mother
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JEANNE CHEZARD de MATEL
Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate W ord
and the Blessed Sacrament
A ccording to
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS
by
The Reverend Mother Saint Pierre of Jesus, Superioress of
the Mona;t°ery at Lyons, France
·~ an s lated from the Original French -
by
HENRY CHURCHILL ~' S. J .
CHAP~A IN OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY , NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Author of "A nglican Ordinations," "What Times, Vhat Morais," .:Heaven Op e n to Souls, ,
"American Liberty Enlightening the World " '
CONVENT OF THE INCARNATE WORD
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
ST. MARY'S SEMINARY LIBRARY
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Copyright, 1922
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3Jmprimi Jntrst:
AEMILIUS MATTERN, S. J.
Praepositus Prov. N eo-Aureliànensis
Niqil ®bstat:
E. C. DE LA MORINIERE, S. J.
CenRor Deputatus
3Jmprimatur:
~ JOANNES W. SHAw
Archùpz~scopus N eo-Aurelianensz~s
Neo-Aureliae
die 21 Octnbris, 1921.
4537
TO
ALL THE D.UGHTERS OF THE INCARNATE WOilD
AS : TillBU'l'E OF AFFEC'I'IO~
AND AS A :lEMOULL OF THE GOLDEN .JUBILEE
OF THE FOU~DATION 01,' 'l'HEIR CONGmjG.ATION
JN 8-N AKTONIOJ 'TEXAS
1869-1919
'l'HE CONGREGA'l'ION OF THE SIS'TERS OF CI-LRl'I'Y
OF 'J'HE INC.Ail)i'.A'l'E 'YOilD
LOVJNGLY DEDICATE
'l' I-IIS NEW TILNSLA'L'ION OF 'l'HE LIFE OF 'l'HE
VENER.BLE ~lOTHim .JIUNNE CHEZ.AUD DE -:IA'l'EL
TRANSLATOR 'S -PREFACE
Jeanne de ~Iatel, Founclress of the Order of the Incarnate
W'ord, was great in the eye-s of many of the great in the
great age of France under Richelieu and Louis the Great.
Her life was mnch like that of Saints Catherine of Sienna,
Jeanne d'Arc, Teresa of J esus and Margaret Mary, with
the last narned of whom she was contemporary. At the age
of six she said to Our Lord: ""If I could only know Latin,
like St. Catherine of Sienna, I 'vould love Yon as much
as she did." At the age of nineteen, while hearing lfass
with profound attention to the words read by the priest,
slie suddenly receives the gift of understanding them all.
Our Lord says to her: ''I bave given you what you asked.
Give me what yon promi~ed." She ever afterwards reads
and cites the Scriptures in Latin.
By the comrnana of her directors she wrote her own
life and lights, besides treatises of mystic theology. Her
complete works cover some three thousand pages. rrhe
Cardinal lfinister, Armand de Richelieu, read her treatises
on grace and free-will, on the life of God in itself, on the
repose of God, on the union of the soul with God, etc. He
was amazed and dellghted and wrote to his brother
Alphonse, Cai·dinal Archbishop of Lyons and Superior of
lIother de lfatel: "I mu hurt at your leaving me t.o learn
about her from others. As a proof that I am well informe<1
of what is taking place in the soul of this servant of Gocl,
I am sending you some "Titings composed by ber. I have
read them with admfration. 1 mn sure that yon will not
be Jess astonished when yon have read them. I want to
Imow your opinion of them." After reading them, the
Cardinal of L~Tons Raid: ''I cannot believ-e that a woman
has written RO aecurately on fmcl1 deep RuhjectR. She must
have stolen these thi11gs from tlw worlrn of ]1er dirrctors."
VI Til~XSLATO~S PREFACE
He commands her directors not to see her until further
onlers from himself. He goes in person and seizes every
one of her writings. He then commands her to write them
all over. She does so very quickly. He keeps both copies
for a number of years and is amazed at seeing them to be
snbstantially identical.
He emmot find any excuse for censuring them on grounds
of error or plagiarism. Eefore his death from dropsy,
whid1 she has long before predicted to him, he expresses
:,?;1·eat i·egret for. his conduct towards her aild is soITy tlrnt
she is absent in Paris and that thus he cannot grant her
the execution of her Bull and the canonical erection of her
monastery of Lyons. He is most carefnl to have her writ-
Îl1gs restored to her intact.
..A.mong souls directed hy this woman were members of
the Council of State and of the famous French Academy
recently instituted by Richelieu, Peter Séguier, Lord Chan-
cellor of France, a renmn1ed jurist, in health and sickness
drew stl'ength and comfort from her conversations and
writings. She had the approvals of Generals and Provin-
cials of the Dominican and J esuit Orders and of several
Popes. Numerous bishops were like her novices making
thefr manifestations of conscience to her. As many as five
of them were seen waHing in her parlor at the same time.
'l'he famons Father Cotton, while i·egarded as the orade
of the King and of all France, consulted her on hard ques-
tions of theology, as is seen from his letters to her. Father
Surin, the celebrated disciple of Father Lallemont and
anthor of epochal works on the spiritual life, longed foi·
letters from her and was even brought to her to be cured
from his obsession hy the devil. lIany holy and learne<l
servants of God of that age said that she was the most
saintly and enlightened soul they had ever known.
lIay the translator be allowed to make an ingenuons
confession'! She had her Bethlehem, her Nazareth, her
'tihah01· ai1d also her Calvm·y, while he was writing ont the
pages de~c1·ihing her lights, joys and trimnphs, he felt her
mii..;givingR ahont the genuineness of the 1·evelati01rn made 1-o
her an <l <>ve11 ahon t lwr ve1·aei t-y. B nt his donht.,~ vm1 ished
'TRANSLATOR~ PREFACE VII
as his mind afterwards dwelt on the continua! humility,
meekness and wisdom and the scrupulous delicacy of honor,
fruth and charity with which she bore her cross of long
years during which she was treated as a miser and fool
by some of her daughters and superiors. Few if any books
l>ring out better the reasons of the Father of l.ights and
God of all consolations for giving the greatest crosses with
the greatest pains and humiliations to souls whom He
destines to be the most like to the Man of Sorrows in His
sanctity and glory.
It cannot be objected against this life of a venerable
servant of God that it is fiction and not fact. Notes at
the bottom of nearly all the pages refer the reader to the
Autographie Life of l1otber de Matel and to the Manuscri1Jt
)femoir of Mother de Bely, the former's secretary. These
two were eye witnesses of the chie.f events related in this
volume.
Sorne may object to the number of miracles, p1'ophecies
and revelations of l1other de Matel. Should they not make
the same objection to the lives of the great women saints
abov-e enumerated? Our age loves the marvelous about
the amours of Jupiter and his mistresses and about cow-
boys and criminals who are heroes of movies or detective
stories, and it also loves J efferson's Bible, or the Gospels
with the miracles and prophecies left out. However, did
not Horace say that the writer of the Trojan war taught
what is honorable and base, and useful and harmful, better
than any of the Stoic or Epicurean philosophers? Do we
~ot yet, some of us at least, love the chapters of good
Rodrignez in which "the doctrine in the preceding chapters
is illustrated by examples ?" Do not we in our age of
unbelieving and materialistic and even pagan environments
and tendencies, need to have our imagination and feelings
purified by Christian legends of the Saints? 'Ve belieYe
that one reader aft_er another will sooner or later awake
to the merits of this volume even as a piece of literature.
How onesid~d and darksided are rnany of the pictures
we have seen in novels, plays and pretended histories about
the great age of France and the Church in the times of
VIII TRANSLATOR'S PHEFACE
Hiehelieu and Louis XIY ! Here 've get a glimpse of the
soul of the o1dest daughter of the Clrnrch in that thl'illing
epoth.
Sorne of ns may ask, hmv eau lIothel' de Untel have
lwe11 snch a g1·eat personage since 'Ye never heard of her '?
Lin~s of hp1· were pnblishcd in 1GD2 by Father Boissieu, 8. J.;
in 17J:3 by an auonymous .Jesuit Father; in 186-1 by Pl'inte
Augustine Galitzin, and in 1882 by Canon Penaud. r11
hc
p1·esent life by a daughter of the venerable lfother vrns
printed jn 1ülO. Vhy is it that fmv great booksellers will
handle Cntholic books and that many classic lives of Saints
or servants of God are often conspicnous by their absence
from the she1ves of great Catholic lib1·aries '? Ye believe
that th is life of 1fotlier de lIatel is so peculiarly timely and
has so. much head and heart that eventually it ·will fo1·ce
its way into many Catholic families and institutions.
'l'he thougbt of the joy that will be given to the many
daughters of rrhe Incarnate Vord by this translation of
the life of their llother, has made the rrranslator·s work a
labor of love. He hegs leave to express his thanlu~ to them
for their many kindnesses to him and his.
•
PREFACE
'I'he hearty approval with w1lich His Eminence Cardinal
Coullié, His Higlrness ~lonsignor Denrnz, and the most
Reverend Provost llonsignor Esseiva have encouraged and
honored the publication of tbis work, is its most authorita-
tive recommendation and valnable eulogy. These approvals
would be more than enough to make it known and to secure
for it a sympathetic reception from the select public for
whom it seems specially designed. But this Life of lfother
de lfatel, Fonndress of the Order of the Incarnate 'Vord,
being a postlrnmous work, calls for some preliminary ex-
pJ.anations.
'l'he authoress, a religions of the Order, had wdtten it
several years before she and the Community of which she
was Superioress, saw themsel ves forced, by the law pro-
mulgated in 1904 against the Congregations, to quit the
"'monastery which sheltet·ed their life of prayer and sacrifice.
There then came the vicissitudes and sadness of exile.
"Tas that a moment for bringing ont into the light the ven-
erable figure of a great religious woman at a time when
the nation which was to read the book made its glory con-
sist in shutting couvents and when the mere name of re-
ligions was a certain ti~le for proscription? Yes, in spite
of this and even on account of this, the moment appeared
favorable. 'I'his W'"Ork is addressed to souls consecrated to
God and to persons of piety._ And since it was never more
true that ''a11 who wish to live pionsly in J esus Christ,
shall suffer persecntion" (II Tim. III :12), will not these
souls fiud comfort in an intimacy with an illustrions re-
ligions woman who was also nrnch persecuted?
Snch was the jndgment of persons of competent author-
ity. It was due to their connsels that the too mode:-it
authoress withdrew from the oblivion iB which they had
been left, her pages written in the sanctifying retreat of
X
her cloister, in honrs which were more recollected, if not
more fruitfnl in holiness.
Valiantly, and under the control of obedience, Reverend
Mother Saint Pierre nndertook to give the last touches to
her wor·k. Her task was advancing and was even coming
near to completion when God called to Himself His faith-
fnl sernmt. A duty, a sacred duty, was imposed on her
religions family, of publishing the work of the venerated
Mother whom they monrned. This is the work which her
Danghters today offer to the public, uniting in one and
the same veneration the holy memory of their illustrions
Foundress and that of the holy Religions who wrote this
life.
'Yhen this delicate task was entrusted to her. the Jrnmble
lfother bowed down before a desire which she regarded
as an order, committing herself entirely to God for the
success of the work. I t is not withont inter·e~1 to read
the pions Invocation which then gushed from her soul and
stayed under her e.ye as also in her heart, as long as her
laborions and patient researches lasted:
"0 my Gocl, I adore Thee, I am in Thy presence. 'fholl
art in me. I am in Thee. In Thee also is our holy Mother
~F'onndress, the object of 'J'hy nnutterable mercies, whose
life 'l"hon desirest me to relate. In Thee also are the ven-
erable lfothers who followed her. 0 my God, Thou and
rny IJothers, behold ho"v unworthy and incapable I am
of doing snch a work. Thy will is my power and only re-
sonrce. I deliver myself to Thee entirely, to be Thy instru-
ment. Take possession of me. Make me do this work as
Thou wishest it to be done. Disclose to me Thy merciful
designs on onr Mother and Thy Order. Teach me how
to tell them in a way which will glorify Thee and cause
my holy Mother to be venerated. 0 my Divine Master,
grm1t me the spirit and virtues of onr holy Order. And
yon, my venerable 1lothers, intercede for me befo1·e our
Divine Father and Spom;;e. Beg Him to grant me all
the graee whieh T uced to do this dear work and to become
a ti·ne danghter bf the Incarnate îVord.
" :lly God, blcss me by the bands of my 1fother~."
. PREFACE XI
These lines alone are a revelation. They a1·e a fore-
taste of the spirit from which Reverend Mother St. Pierre
drew her inspiration.
Exact fidelity, sincerity pushed to the limits of the
most delicate shadings of truth, characterize these pages
in which the authoress seems purposely to efface herself,
to permit the holy Foundress herself unveil to us the divine
mar-vels wrought in her soul. The humble biographer, with
an intention inspired by divine grace, confines herself to
following llother de lfatel in her supernatural states. A
sister soul, Mother St. Pierre is at the greatest ease in
penetrating those dazzling lights. Moreover, she possesses
the rare secret of also making the reader enter without
effort into these same dazzling lights. The facts which she
relates are presented with perfect lucidity, in simple words
hnbned with a seducing charm.
· These few remarks were indispensable to prepare for
reading the posthumous work of our regretted and ven-
erated ~lother St. Pierre. She will now present this work
to the reader. For we shall follow the notes which she
prepared for the preface of her book.
The holy Foundress, Thom the Incarnate 'Yord destined
to reprodnce Himself here below in a religions Order which
'yould be a n ew r:.rtensirm of His Incarnation) as He Himself
expressly asserted, was called to reproduce in her own life,
the states of the hmnanized "Yord.
Thus the existence of Jeanne de lIatel appears under
different aspects. Sorne readers, enamoured by the super-
natural, will see in her principally the great contemplative.
Others, justly appreciating what the gift of suff.ering is
to a soul, will praise in Jeanne the great Yictim of perse-
cution: glories of the Transfiguration or sorrows of Geth-
semani. Few will rest their minds exclusively on her role
of a great Foundress. But all will be seized with admira-
tion of her maryeJous nnderstanding of the Roly Scriptures,
an understanding which was given to her supernaturally,
together "ith the knowledge of the Latin language.
For her, sacred science seems to haye no secrets. She
penetrates the mea~ing of the Roly Scriptnres so wonder-
X II PIŒF'.CI<J
fnlly that. hesides nnme1·ons citations from them, she makes
them the textm·e of ber own writings. Indeed, if her
thonght is made clear only by the light of the DiYine
Yord and her w1·itings m·e only a refiection from It, it
is heeanse her soul is modeled after the soul of Christ,
m1d he1· life rep1·oduced the human life of the 8ayior. As
the life of J esns, so aJso that of )fother de )fatel had its
l)eriod of p1·epm·ation. 'l'hiP. wns the liiddcn lifc. Then
folJmy he1· lahors a8 Fonndre~s. 'rh is is the public l ifc.
:Final1y ~npreme snffe1·ings mark the end of her existence
a.nd cany he1·, like ~Tesus, to he1· Calyary.
'Ye do 110t enter here into details of facts which char-
ncterize end1 on~ of these pe1·iods. 'l'he i·eader will be
g1·ndnally introdneed to them. But what we rnnst note
espeeialJy, is th at the ~n pernatm·al sheds on this admirable
Jife a lnstre which never dims.
From this point of Yiew, Jeanne was one ôf the most
favo1·ed ~onls of her time. 'Ye owe to the wise clear sightecl-
lle~s of he1· directol's, the i·iches she has left us by con-
signing to w1·iting under ohedience the f~wors which God
hlYi~hed U]Hm he1-. ·
'rhose writings, which, eYen dnring the life of ~iother
de 3Iate1, i·eceived the most authoritative sanctions, fo1·m
the ehief source from which are d1·awn the mate1·ials of this
1·ecital. ~toreover, the authoress regretted not being able
to cite in their entil-etv these sublime pages~ inimitable
in style, sornetimes mutiJated, hnt rendered so sayory by
the childlike grncefnlness and the supernatm·al unctio11
with whieh they are thoroughly jmpregnated. Bnt, even
amicl these riches, we ~eek in vain for a nnmber of most
inte1·esting facts which the holy Mother passed over in '
sile11te, betan~e they did not gl01·ify her Divine Dispenser
aJ011e. 'l'hen<'e to hc more complete, lfother Saint Pierre
c011snlte<l the J/a11 uscri}Jt .JIcm oir of lIother de Bély, a
memoir wltielt tills the volnntary voids of the .A utographic
Life of ~lother de lfntel. A nm1ll>er of new details, all
1·p<lo11rnli11g· to ltc1·, honor, ai·e the1·e related with scrnpnlous
p1·Pcisen<·~N. Fm·therrn01·e, ns the holy Fonndress had
t:eaNecl to w1·ite fo1· tcn ycm·~ hefore her death, H was neces-
PilEFA.CE XIII
sary to haYe recourse to other sources to relate t he last
events of her life. It is to this precious JIan uscript that we
mye the cbief materials of this history after the silence
of the venerable ::lother up to her death.
The authoress also utilized with great profit the Cor-
respondence of )fother de )Iatel with her clirectors and
with other personages renownecl for their influence and
spirituality. _
She sometimes used âlso preiously published Lives of
Jlotlœr de Jlatel. The passages which ha-ve been borrowed
are citecl with indications of their source.
Rel'. Father de Boissieu. S. J., printed at Lyons, in 1692,
a Life of th e H oly F oundress. It is necessarily incom-
plete. as it is rarely possible for eYents which are too recent
to be presented in their full light.
Another Father of the Society of J esus edited at
Avignon. in 1743, a Life of Jloth cr de ~llate l. In it he is
greatly aided by the .Autographie Life and by )fenioirs left
by the first religions of the Incarnate Yorcl. In 1864.
Prince Augustin Galitzin published a Life of Jeanne de
)Iatel. He deriYed his materials from the best sources,
especially from the last named work and frorn the original
mmrnscripts. In 1882, there ·appeared a work on the r en-
erable Jfotlzer de Jlatel. The anthor, Canon Penaud, in
his preface declares that "'he hacl attempted to rnake the
life complete. borrowing his method and materials from
modern biography.., In the opinion of persons capable of
judging the work of Canon Penaud, the author realized
his plan.
Therefore, at first sight, the reason for the Biography
no"T presented does not appear, as )fother de )fatel has
already bad serions and competent historians.
HmYeYer there existed a void. So far none of the
daughter8 of t]le Foundre~'.S had e-ver attempted t o repro-
duce their ~Iother·s image as it lil'es in their own souls.
Yet in a mother's visagp there are lineaments which only
her children can see and express. The authoress of this
book wished to paint lier o-wn )lother. She belieYed that
God, by the voice of her Snperiors and Sisters, demanded
this of her.
Xff PREFACE
Both in the letters of approval and in the beginning of
this preface, the reacler has seen the opportuneness for the
appearance of this work at the present time. I t has also
been said how and to whom was confided the delicate task
of editing it.
It is offered to us as the fruit of patient and intelligent
labor and of deep love for the Order of the Incarnate -nrord
and of most filial Yeneration for its Foundress.
'Ye trui;;t tlrnt this work of the Re-verend and Venerated
:Jiother Saint Pierre, which has been honored with such
high approyals, may be received by all wüh the kindness
which it merits. And we also pray that all readers may
find in these page8 the light and comfort desired for them
by the a11thoress while writing them for the glory of the
Incarnate Yrord and of the Foundress of His Order. '
'fHE RELIGIOUS OF THE IxcARNATE -nrORD
OF THE lVIONASTERY OF LYONS.
MY YEXERATED ~fOTHER:
On a former occasion I told you with what iuterest I
followed the preparation of the Life of the Venerable Uother
.Jeanne de niatel, and vdth what edification I read the manu-
script, which you kindly snbmitted to my perusal.
I nOY beg to tell you hmY happy I am today to see com-
pleted the work on which the dear and much regretted
Superioress, whom our Divine :)faster snatched from you
so suddenly and painfully, labored with such love and ·which
after her you have continued with all the ardor of your
filial piety.
Te thus sec now fulfilled the ardent desire of your
)Iother St. Pierre, who can never be forgotten. From the
height of Heaven she must be smiling "Yith benevolence
on the zeal and rork of her children, who have done things
so well and promptly. ·
This thonght should give you joy and sweeten your
mourning. But yon should be happy also in the thought
that, henceforward, the great Jeanne de lfatel will be better
known and, by the fact, more loved; that the recital of
her cleeds, the publication of her virtues, words and writ-
ing-s so manife~tly illnminated from on high, will be a
f..;Ource of strength and encouragement for a great number
of souls within· and withont her spiritual family.
xn LETTERS OF APPROVAL
The life of yonr admirable Foundress is oue of those
in which we see in a marvelous 'vay the action of kind
Providence tow·ards His children, and the truth of the
Divine lfaster that not a hair falls from our head without
His will and permission.
How in all these events, om· good God shows Himself
to be truly the Father 'Vl10se tenderness and solicitude
extend to all the needs of His children, even to those needs
'Yhich in appem·ance are quite small. And above all, how
touching here appeal's His conduct towards souls who give
themselves to Him without reserve.
Jeanne de llatel, as we can say with truth, lived in
close intimacy with Hüu. She tasted fully of the sweets
of that amazing familiarity called by the Imitation: "That
familiarity exceedingly stnpendous."
In her career there were two periods markedly distinct,
her rrhabor and her Gardeu of Olives.
The first is all resplendent with divine lights; and trials,
althongh not absent, are temperecl by consolations which
the trials, so to say, proportionally engender.
But all at once, there eomes the obscurity of night, the
voice of the Divine Spouse is hushed, the cross presses
with all its weight on the ~houlders of the victim, the
chalice of bitterness must be drained to the dregs. It is
indeed the hour of dark?.iess. In the meanwhile, the heroic
handmaid of the Lord grows ever greater before our eyes
in these moment:-; of immense tribulations and unutterable
anguish.
Tt is thus that ~he must enter into her glory, and we.
can apply to her the ,·ords which her adored Master said
of Hirnself: ••W'"as it uot necessary for the Christ to suffe1·
these things and thns enter into His Glory?" (Luke
XXIV, 26.)
These, my <leal' ~fother, are the great lessons which we
dl'Ïnk in from yonr beantifnl l)Qok. By publishing it, you
have done a goo<l and g1·eat work which will be blessed
hy hcr to whof:;c glory you have de~tined it, and by her h_oly
<langhters, who~ after having followed lier here below, now
LETTERS OF APPROYAL XVII
snrround her at the feet of the Lamb, as we haYe reason
to hope.
And here can I help thinking of the valiant and pions
)Iother Saint Piene. who in this work found the greatest
j oys of her hours passed on this earth of exile?
The Incarnate Yorcl will rewarcl you as He rewards
all good doue to the le:ist of His own.
These are the sentiments with which I beo- Tou nff~ '- ' (.1
venerated :Jlother. to accept rny very sincere congratula-
tions and the assm·ance of my humble and respectful de-
voteduess in the H eai·t~ of J esus and )Jary.
LEox H. EssEn-A)
) fitrecl Pr(ffO~t uf the Exempt and Honorable
Collegi<lte Church of St. ~icholas.
Fl'ibourg. December 27. 1D09.
Feast of St. John the Enrngeljst.
Archbjshopric
of
Lyons
l1y REVEIŒND MOTHER:
LYONS) J anu~ry 15, 1910.
'rhe letter of the Provost of St. Sicholas is an admirable
resumé of the Life of Mother de ~1atel. There is nothing
to add to such an important document, which you can place
as a Preface., at the head of this publication. On my part,
I thank God who gave His inspiration for this · beautiful
w01·k to our venerated lfother Saint Pierre; that faithful
religious, 'd10se virtues we have appreciated, was well
worthy of composing this work. And .I congratulate you
on your having accepted a heritage of. which your filial
piety has known how to make such good use. ·
Sorne months ago, Our Sovereign Pontiff, Pius X, by
beatifying our dear Jeanne D'Arc, celebrated the super-
1iatural action of God in the life of the 1Varrior Maid
whom He had chosen to be the Deliverer of Orleans and
of 1~1·ance. .And now we see, in a more restricted sphere,
the Iifc of Mother de llatel depjcting the history of that
Rame supcrnatural action, in a soul prepared by God to
rcceive it and correspond '""ith it. In both cases, we see
t·ca]jzed the promise of Our DivülC Savior: "Blessed are
ihc elcm1 of heart, for they shall sec God." The pnrity
of hcm·t, which shall l'cceive in Henven its eternal recom-
J)(~nsc hy the heatific vision, ali·eady here below enjoys
p1·h' ilPµ:e~ which the Didllr Lm·r of .Jr~ns Chri~t assures
•
LETTERS OF APPROVAL XIX
to souls who have the understanding of His delicate atten-
tions and advances. What lessons for an age in which
materialism makes so many victims ! I cannot forget that
Mother de Matel is one of the glories of the Diocese of
Lyons, not only by the holiness of· her life, but also by
the founding of the Religious Ortler which, during so many
long JTears, has made known to legions of children the mys-
teries of the Incarnate Word and all the riches o.f Chris-
tian education and intelligent piety. We are indebted to
this dear In1titute for the generations of valiant women,
who, in all situations, have been the honor of the Catholic
Church and of our fair Diocese.
lfay the Lord J esus Christ, adored in the mystery of
the Incarnation, deign to accept the homage of this work
pnhlished for the glory and honor of His faithful servant,
and to shower His blessings on your entire religious family.
Such is the prayer of my respectful and paternal de-
votedness. ·
PETER) CARDINAL ÜOULLIÉ)
Archbishop of Lyons and Vienne,
Primate of the Gauls.
In the course of thi~ w01·k there are related miraculons
deeds attributed to ~fother de Matel. Ye affirm that we
have no intention to qualify these deeds. It does not per-
tain to us to judge them. r_ro conform to the presCl'iptions
of Home: we likewiRe dec:1are that the epithets Saint ~ncl
r enerable are used by us only in the broad sense. 'ye have
no intention of forestalling the dedsion of the Apostolic
See whith al011e is competent to pronounce a decision in
such matte1·s and to which the Author fully snbmits.
CONTENTS
PAGE
DEDICATIOX iy
TRA.."SL.TOR'S PREFACE ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- y
PREF...CE _________________ ·--------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------· ix
LETTERS OF APPROBATIO::__________________________________________________________________ -------- XY
CHAPTER
I Birth Early Years (L596-1611 )-----------------------------------·------------ 1
II The Epoch of Struggles (1611-1615 )---·------------------·--·--····-·-- 11
III The Fruits of Victory (1615-1618) ________________________________________ 23
IV The Ascent to the Highest :Iystic Summits (1618-1619) 33
V First :Ianifestations of the Designs of God (1619~1620) 44
YI Preparation of Jeanne for Her :lission (1620-1625 )-----:-· 59
YII The Beginning of the Congregation at Roanne (1625-
1627) ·--------------------------·-----------------------------·--------------·----------------- ' .,
YIII Approbation of the Congregation-Its Establishment at
Lyons (162ï-162S )------------------------------------------------------------------ 89
IX First Sojourn at Paris (1628-1632) ________________________________________ 108
X Return to Lyons (16.32-1 634) __________________________________________________ 139
XI "Jiother de :Iatel and the Opposition of :Ionsignor de
Richelieu (1634-1637) ____________________________________________________________ 169
XII The Last Period of Vaiting (163ï-1639) ______________________________ 203
XIII Fonndation of the First :Ionastery of the Order of the
Incarnate Vord (1639)---------------------------------------------------------- 220
XIV Sojourn at Lyons-Trials-Consolations (16-!0-1641) ____ 245
XV Seïzure of the Writings of lfother de :Iatel by :Ionsig-
nor Alphonse de Richelieu, Archbishop of Lyons
(1641) ------------------------------------------···-------------·-·-····· ·-··-----------·--·--· 262
XVI The Cardinal :Iinister and the Royal Court at Lyons
(1642) -----------·······----·-·---------·---·····-·--·----------------·-·---------------------· 282
XVII The }Ionastery of Grenoble-Period of Obstacles
(1643) --------------------·-···- -------------------------------- -----------·---------------- 302
XVIII Second J ourney to Avignon (1643 )----------······-··---------------·--· 323
XIX Foundation of the :Ionastery of Grenoble (1643) ____________ 336
CONTENTS-Continued
CHAPTER PAGE
XX Fonndation of the Monastery of Paris (1643-1644) ·--------- 350
XXI Sojourn at Paris (1644-1648 )----------------------------------------·--------- 367
XXII The Monastery of Paris during the Troubles of the
Fronde (1649-1652) ---·---------------------------------------·-------------------- 385
XXIII The Monastery of Paris during the Troubles of the
Fronde (1652-1653) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 408
XXIV Establishment of the Monastery of Lyons (1653-1655) __ 433
XXV lIother de Matel's Last Sojourn at Paris ·(1663) __________ __ 462
XXVI The .Monastery of Paris-1Series of Trials (1663-1668) ____ 487
XXVII The Monastery of Paris-Persecntion (1669-1670) ________ 518
XXVIII On Calvary (1670-)-------------------------------------------------------------------- 534
XXIX It is Consummated (1670) ______________________________________________________ 553
XXX :VIiraculous Events ----------------------------------------------·--------------------- 570
XXXI Testimonials ---------------------------------------------- ----····------------ ---··------- 582
XXXII The Monastery of Paris after the Death of Mother de
Matel (1G70-1672) ·-----------·-----------··-----·---·---·-----··-----------·--------- 602
DOCUMENTS
PAGE
A-Petition of the Duchess de la Rocheguyon__________________________________ 624
B-Humble Petition to ::.Ionsignor de Richelieu Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Lyons by the inhabitants of the city on behalf
of the Daughters of the Incarnate 7"ord________________________________ 629
c -_pprobation of the Constitutions by the )Iost ReYerend and
:..Iost Illustrious A.rchbishop of AYignon__________________________________ 6-13
D-Contirmation of the Constitutions by Pope Innocent X____________ 644
E-Letter of a Religions of the :..Ionastery of Paris______________________ 646
F-:-Contract for the Founding of the :.Ionastery of Lyons (1655) 6-±S
G-Brief granting permission for :.Iother de ::datel to take the
habit and make her yows Yhen she wishes without haY-
ing to make any XoYitiate preYiously____________________________________ 652
H-Some particulars concerning :..Iother de :.Iatel and :::.fadame
Roussea11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 654
I-Certificates of the clothing and the profession of the ReY-
erend :.Iother Chezard de :..Iatel Foundress of the Order
of the Incarnate Yord__________________________________________________________________ 6;:> 7
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Portrait of Rev. :vrother Jeanne Chezard de Matel,
Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word____.___._____Frontispiece
Facsimile of the Record of Baptism of Jeanne Chezard de
Matel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Church of St. Stephen at Roanne____________________________________ --------------------- 16
Chapel of the Old College of the Jesuit Fathers at Roanne in
which Jeanne de Matel had many visions______________________________________ 67
Castle of Matel Restored------------------------------------------------------------··-·-------- 85
Facsimile of the Bull of Pope Urban VIII for the Monastery
_of Lyons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 170
Facsimile of the Formula of Vows of ::vrother de ::.iateL______________ 18()
Escutcheori on the Scapular of the Sisters of the Incarnate ·word 230
Portrait of Mother Margaret of Jesus Gibalin__________________________________254
Front of a part of the former Monastery of Avignon____________________
Side view of the Monastery of the Incarnate "rord of Lyons in
the time of Mother de MateL____________________________________________________________
Portrait of Reverend Mother Jeanne Chezard de MateL______________ 56~
House at the foot of Gourguillon in which the :Wiracle took
place ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 574
Heart of Mother de Matel, her autobiography, her books and
varions objects used by her______________________________________________________________ 601 .
Sicle view of the actual ·buildings of the former Monastery of
the Incarnate Word. at Lyons______________________________________________________________ 620
Cl-L- PTE H 1
Birth~-Early Years
159G-1Gll
On the morning of November 6, 1596, in the city of
Hoanue, two poor childreu, a boy of eight years and a
little girl of six, knocked at the door of the siguorial
mansion of the Chezards de Matel, to beg for alms. The
charity of the mistress of this honse being universally
lrnown, they hoped their appeal would not be vain. They
are cordially welcomed· and are questioned concerning their
names ·and family. Finally, they are requested to be spon·
sors to the child of consolation whom God has just given
to Lord and Lady de Matel.
· By a -strange coïncidence the boy's name is J 9hn and
the gïrl's, ,Jeanne, the Christian names of the father and
mother of this child who is the object of so much solicitudc.
All conspired towards a rcpetition of what Zachary wrote ___
of his own little prophet: ''John is bis name.m She was
thence named Jeanne. Later. she remarks: "I have been
called a name whicb means grace) so that I owe all my
happiness to 'rhy grace, 0 my God ! 'By the grace of God
I am what I am.'2
1 beseech Thee that it J?ay not be void
in me and that it may remain in me forever."3
'Ve can imagine the amazement and delight of the poor
little children ! This singular choice of baptismal sponsors
was partially in fulfillment of the vows of her virtuous
mother.
For her, so far, the joys of motherhood had constantly
been turned into tears of mourning. Of her four children,
three had lived only long enough to receive Roly Baptism
with its right to enter Paradise. 'I'he fourth had died be-
fore seeing the light.
1Luke 1, 63.
21 Cor. XV, 1O.
s.Autograpllic Lif0, cli, II.
2 LH'IC orj~ .JEANNE CHEZ.A.HD DE l'.I,ATEL
lladame de l1atel, grief-stricken at the loss of her chil-
dren, addressed herself to God and promised rfrh presents
to the parish church for the altar of St. Anne, if at least
one child whose life would be spared were given to hc1·.
She had a]so. p1·omised to clothe it in white, in honor of
St. Claude, and to have the child presented at the baptismal
font by two poor persons in order to draw dow.n on its
Jife the blessings of St. Francis of Assisi, the lover of
poverty. God heard ber prayer and she fulfilled her vow
to Rim.
'rhe paternal family was originally from Florence. Tt
descénded from the ancient House of the Chezards which
held a distinguished rank among tlie nobiÎity of T~scany.
At the tiïne. of the League, an ancestor who had corne to
the Court of France, 11ad procnred a position of gentleman
in waiting of the Royal bed-chamber and had bequeathed
this dignity to bis eldest son, John Chezard. The latter
was a man of talent, honor, and courage, and was an object
of the special benevolence of the King. Re be.came cap-
tain of a company of light-horse and at its head he signal-
ized his gallantry by rnany a glorious feat of arms. Loved
and· honored by the prince he had a bright future before
him.
The moment appeared favorable for establishing a home.
r:ro distinguish himself from the other Chezards, he pur-
chased the signorial domain of lfate.l near Roanne, in the
Lyo1rnais, and thence took the name of lfatel. Prudenre
guided him in the choice of a wife. The memory of the
Court and the selection he conld have made there did not
influence him. He prepared to cull one of the most beauti-
ful tlowers from the land which he had just pnrchased.
Miss ~Teanne Chanrier brought him no titles of nobility,
but she possessed, besides much wealth, what is worth more
than all escutcheons- eminent virtnes, the best gifts of
mind and heart.
Not only had God been pleased to favor her most
RpcC'ially, lmt by a p1·odigy, as the mernoirR of that epoch,_
BIRTH--EARLY YE.dRS 3
tell us, He had shown His predilection for her. In her
bYelfth year, 1fiss Chaurier was smitten with a grave
malady. In Yain physicians succeeded one another in their
watches at her pillow; the young girl expired amid the tears
and sobs of those who surrounded her.
.At this moment of supreme sorrow, the ardent faith
of a mother does not hesitate to ask a miracle: "~fonsienr
St. Clande," she cries, '"bring my daughter back to life !"1
And the child who had already been covered with a shroud
cast it off and to the astonishment ·and joy of parents and
friends who mourned her as dead, is restored to life.
Her life, thnR miracnlously prolongecl, ";as to be a tissue
of virtues ,and good works. ~Iadame de ~Iatel was a heroic
Christian. God, who lovecl her specially, gave her no small
share of trials. At each new affliction she repeated, "Glory
be to the Father and to the Son and to the Roly Ghost !
Great 1lother of God ! Roly Mother of God ! I entrust
myself to thee~"2
Her charit.r was no less great than her patience.. No
sooner did she learn of the needs of the unfortunate than
she sought to relieve and comfort them. Then she could
not give money as ahns, she despoiled herself of her best
garments to help the poor.
lIr. de lIatel clid not alw·ays approve of such excessive
generosity, but he was filled with admiration for his virtu-
ous wife; and when she proposed to offer the child to God,
if it lived, he willingly joinecl her in this solemn promise.
Our Lord not only heard the prayers of the afflicted
parents, but also granted them in a degree w·hich far sur-
passed their expectations ~ although Satan, doubtless
presaging the greatness of the divine mercies towards thi~
child of prayer, left nothing nntried to cause her to perish
even before her birth.
At first, he cansecl misnnclerstandings between the father
and mother who had hitherto been perfectly nnited. lIr.
de llatel retnn1ing from t!ie army and not fincling a jewel
which he had been keeping as a securit.r for a debt, asked
1Autographic Life, ch. XLVI.
2Ibiclern.
4 LIF'E OF JE.AN NE CHEZ.AUD DE lI A'rEL
bis wifc what had become of it. She replied tbat, assum-
ing his permission and being touched by the tears of the
1
debtor, she restored the pledge to him. The impetuous cap-
tain, enraged and forgetting the respect whirh he had ever
shown his wife, strnck her a blow in the face and dis-
lodged, with his diamond ring, her eye from its socket.
Terrified at the sigbt of his deed he sent for a surgeon.
'rhe servants had gone but a few steps in the street, when
they met an unknown person who offered to put the eye
back in its place. He .operated with wonderful dexterity
and retired without accepting any remuneration. The cap-
tain sent a servant to follow him in order to Iearn where
this doctor resided so that be might send him some ricli
presents, but he was no sooner out of the house than he
disappeared.1
This extraordin ary event seems to have been a recom-
pense for the heroic patience of Madame de lfatel and a
pledge of divine solicitude for the fruit of her womb. She
did not even utter a word of complaint for the harsh treat-
ment to which she had been subjected !
This severe trial so nfeekly borne by the pious lady, was
soon to be followed by others not Jess painful and dangerous.
lfr. de lfatel had again gone to the war. His bravery
bad placed him in snch a perilous post that the arrival of
each courier cansed his unhappy wife intense worry, lest
she might learn of his death. This angnish lasted several
months. Sleep almost deserted her and often her only
nourishment was bread and water. Better news having
at last arrived, hope was entertained for the safety of her
life and that of the child.
She had scarcely hegun to recuperate when one day
messengers were specdily despatched to tell ber that her
castle was on fi re. Forgetting the cl'itical condition of
he1· health, l1adamc de lfatcl Rfauted in great haste, fell,
mul burst a hlood ve:-;scl. Reemingly there was everything
to fcar for the infant, but God was wntehiug over tha1
1Th e fa ct h; relatc>ù by Mother d e Bély in her Man uscript Memoir.
Pa rt I, Cil , I.
BinTH-EARLY YEAUS
fruit of benediction, and six weeks later Jeanne de Matel
'n1s havpily born to the 'yorld on :November 6, 1596.
" Te haYe alreacly seen how by a pi·ovidential coïncidence,
-
Fac- ~imile of the record of Baptism of Jeanne Chezard de n1atel taktn
from the parish register of the Church of St. Stephen at Roanne.
there presented themselves two poor children who were
to hold the babe at the Baptismal font. That very day
'"Jeanne was placed in the hands of innocent poverty to
receie the Sacrament of Regeneration in the parish church
of St. Stephen at Roanne.m
Fr~nn that moment the sponsors became inmates qf the
house where they were educated and brought up in the
fear of God until they reached the age in which they were
capable of earning a livelihood.
1.Autograpllic Lifè, ch. II.
6 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE :MATEL
All Roanne, which had shared the affliction of Mr. and
lfrs. de Matel, was filled with joy by this birth. Ancient
memoirs even tell us that enernies were reconciled on the
occasion of these general rejoicings. This was a happy
augury of the blessings of which this child would be the
object.
Other rernarkable traits revealed themselves in the
singular goodness of her character. Her nurse testified
that she never heard the child cry during the year which
she had care of her. - This nurse., when obliged to go out,
feared not to leave her alone in her cradle; and on her
return would find the child awaiting her with smiles and
caresses. Ladies, attracted by her arniability, would take
the child to their homes and she would make no resistance.
She captivated all by her charming disposition, and, at
the same time, astonished tbem by her- precocity. At nine
months she walked alone and spoke distinctly. Her nurse
affirmed ·th at she said: "lfamma, take care that I speak
correctly.m
The development and vivacity of her intellectual facul-
ties were no less Jldmirable. From this awakening, things
of the supernatnral order interested her singularly. What
to do to enter Paradise, the way that leads to it, or occu-
pation in it, were thoughts that aroused her childish anxiety.
She asked questions e.specially from her godmother. The
latter who was only six years older than he1· goddaughter,
replied : "To get to Heaven, we must walk on a plank
wh ich is no broader than a liair of our head."2
Truly a
graphie illustration to show that the path to Heaven is
narrow ! Jeanne wns disconcerted and asked how she could
walk on this plank since she weighed more than a haïr
eould snstain. The yonng catechist reassured her and said:
"It i:;:; easy for the good, but the bad fall into an abyss which
is below and is enlled hell."3
'Vhen she asked whai we do
in P·araclif'e, the answer was that the Blessed are always
Reated in glo1·y. 1.'he vivacity of the ehi1d became alarmed:
iAutogrn p ll ic Li fc, ch . I I.
2/.ntographi c Li fc, c h . III.
3lh icl cm.
BIRTH-EAULY YEARS
,...
•
"H ow cquld she stay sitting still forever ?" The presence
of the good thief in Heayen eaused her to clread lest God,
being so good, He might let Paradise be robbed. Thanks
to such naiYe thoughtsl grace caused the soul of Jeanne
to he penetrated "·ith horror for sin which leads to hell,
and witb loYe for goodness which condncts to Heaven.
In order not to ·weary imprudently an intelligence which
was already too actire, Madame de Matel was umYilling
that her daughter should learn to read before the comple-
tion of her sixth year. Thus it was necessary for the child
to memorize the pra.rers which she desirecl to recite. Vhen
her father wished to keep her on his lap, a thing not easy
in the case of his restless and petulant daughter, she would
say, "I will stay with you on condition that you 'vill teach
me the prayer which says that Our Lady is the palace of
~1 esus Christ, and the prayer to my good angel.m
At the time these were ~Jeanne's favorite deYotions. Her
confidence in the Blessed Virgin was so great that she
had recourse to her in all her little afflictions, "promising
to serve _her well if she delivered her from them."2
She
even prayed to her to teach her dancing "becanse she did
not wish to learn this from meii.m Great was the happi-
ness of the pious child when she was permitted to learn
to read. She recorded this memory in her autobiography:
"r bounded with joy when I learned that my sixth year
was completed. You know, dear Lord, with what feror
of spirit I prayed to St. Catherine, Yirgin and :Martyr, to
obtain for me the graee to learn to read soon, for Your
glory and my salvation. I outstripped all the children of
my age and surpassed the expectations of my parents whose
love for me, which was already too great, now redoubled."4
Vhilst Jeanne saw the tenderness of her parents re-
doubled on the occasion of her rapicl progress, God caused
to shine in her mind, by means of the science which He
reYeals to the lowly, the first gleam of one of those renrn1·k-
able graces 'Yith which He wishecl to faor her. She found
1Autograph ic L ife, ch. II I.
2I b idem .
3l bidem .
4l b id e m.
8 LH~E OF' .JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE :MATEL
a dozen detached leaves from the life of St. Catherine of
Sienna and read them with avidity. Tt is there said that
the Saint practiced the connsels of the Gospel. From this
~Jeanne conelnded that the Saint nrnlerstood Latin, and
thinking tlrnt the Go~pel eould not 1Je i·ead in any other
langnage, she immediately exclaimed: "Lord, if I nnder-
stood the Latin of the Gospel, like this Saint, I would
love You as much as she did.m
She thought no more of what she thus said, but J esns
took cognizance of her words. The day will corne when
He will fulfill the condition which she has laid down and
He will say to her: "I have done what thou hast desired
of Me; now give Me what thou hast promised."2
At the age of seven ~leanne heard a sermon in which the
preacher extolled the lJrerogatives of virginity. An ardent
desire to possess this privilege :fired her young soul. At all
costs she must particip~te in those favors. By desire, she
ran in the steps of the Divine Lamb, to follow wherever
He went in the fields of Heaven. 'l'his virginal advantage
was not the less appreciated by the li ttle objector who
rP-joiced in finding means .to escape from eternally sitting
with the Blessed in Heaven. She asked·what she must do to
be a virgin. 'rhenceforward she so firmly resolved not to
marry that when a projec.t of a union for her came to her
knowledge, she retired to weep over what she considered to
be a misfortune.
This love of virginity, although borrowing. childlike al-
lurements from ~Jeanne's tender years, came nevertheless,
from Heaven and in due tüne engendered in her soul an
attraction for mortification which is its custodian. Hence-
forth she fasted on the vigils of all the great feasts. Having
reached the age of ten, she 'vished to fast during the whoh~
of l,ent. She says in her autobiographJ:: "I did this 'vith
g1·eat courage, nlthough my intention was not pnrified, for T
ha<l a Recret complacency in myself.m In spite of this
<lefect which she discovered in her carly austerities, she
1 J u tograph ic L.ife, ch. III.
:!Autographie Life, ch. IV.
:: Jhirlc m.
nmTH-EAULY YEAUS
finds after her attainment of emincnt perfection that this
generous beginning in the way of saçrifice is an indicàtion
of nascent sanctity. J esus s~1rrounded that tender flower of
virginity with the thorns of mortification, and shed ·upon
it the most vivifying rays of His grare to give it growth
anâ lustre.
Jeanne was nearing her e]eyenth year when, in the com-
pany of one of her little girl friends, shortly before Pente-
cost, she went to the corn·ent of the Reverend Capuchin
Fathers to Iearn from the porter who had a reputation for
sanctity hmY many days those religions fast to prepare
themselYes for receiing the Roly Ghost. The good Brother
rcplied: '''Ye ·do not fast, but we abstain, from the Ascen-
sion to Pentecost.'-' "Yell," replied the children, "'Ye will
not only abstain but also fast during these ten days.m
The Brother admired their courage and sa"T in this pre-
cocious generosity a sign of an extraordinary vocation and
exhorted them to persevere in their fervor and to take J esus
Christ as their Spouse. He promised them that if they
consecrated their whole heart to Our J_,ord, they would be
tenderly loved and favored b,v Him. The "·ords of the pious
Brother sank so deeply into their hearts, that on the spot
they took the resolution to fast ev~ry Friday and Saturday.
011 returning to her home, Jeanne w-ïshed to relate to her
companions the words of the good religions, when suddenl~·
she became rapt_, in God. She, having never experienced
anything like this, was ignorant of what a grace it was.
But the flight in wbich her soul "·as carriecl away was so
powerfuL the region to which it eleYated her so delightfuL
that she woulcl haYe wished never to return to earth. She
had no Yision bnt shc was tnught admirable things on the
lon~ God wonld have for her and the ble~sings He would
hm'e in store for her, if she eonseerateù her virginity to
Him. Later she wrote: '·This was a thing which I could
not utter. I was a chilcl of earth who could not speak the
1 This chik1. god<1aughter of :Madame de :Iatel, later becam e a Jay
sister in the convent of B eaulieu of the Orcler of Fontevrault. Autographie
Life, ch. V.
10 LIF'E 01,~ .JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE lIA'rEL
language of Heaven, having then heard it only to admire it
in myself."1
'rhis was the beginning of the many graces which J esus
was. afterwards to shower on her in such profusion. The
world will soon endeavor to draw from Him that heart on
which He has formed designs of His great mercy. I t is to
fortify her in advance that He gives her a glimpse of His
divine tenderness for yirginal souls and for hers in particu-
lar, and that He gives her a foretaste of the delights which
àwait her if she remains entirely faithful to Him. To aid
her in attaining this end He inspires her with great devo-
tion to the Blessed Virgin and to the Blessed Sacrament.
One day there fell into- her hands a collection of the
miracles of the Blessed Virgin. vVhile reading it, Jeanne
felt herself strongly hnpelled with the desire to serve that
lovable. and powerfnl M:other and she resolved henceforth
to recite ber Rosary daily. This practice drew down on
ber so many graces that she always considered the moment
she embraced it as a time when she began to have taste for
piety. 'Vith this growth in fervor, there increased also the
desire which was already so strong, of sharing in the divine
banquet in which J esus nourishes souls with the Bread of
Angels and the 'Vine which germinates virgins. But, alas !
to all her pleadings the sole answer she received was:
"'Vhen yon will have attained your twelfth year." The re-
qnired age having been at last reached the Divine Master
entered into the heart He loved and fi1led it with an
abundance of His celestia1 consolations.
During the three yeai·s which followed this happy day,
her only desire was to receive this heavenly manna and to
give her 1ife for the love of Him who gave Himself wholly
to her. She read with great affection the lives of the holy
virgins aucl mm·ty1·s and ardently envied their lot. God
1·cse1·veù her foi· a martyrdom differcnt from that which she
adrnired. 1t is not by the ha.nds of torturers but by love
and sorrow that her martyrdom is to be consummated.
lA utographic Life, ch. V.
• CRAPTEH Il
The Epoch of Struggles
1()11-1615
The enem:f of man kincl would like to drag all souls down
into the infernal abyss. But when singular adYances of
grace cause a presentiment of Goœs special faors, the wiles
of Satan to ruin a soul are much more insidious. It ·was
1~ot surprising that ~Teanne de )Iatel was an object of his
hatred. Interiorly, piety and deYotion were continually
nourished and exterior13T she was guarded from all dangers
by the Yigilance of a piou~ mother. But the old strategy
of the archfiend suggests a plan "Thich, on two occàsions is
· almost successful. His artifice is to haYe Jeanne removed
from her home influence and thus to distract her mind from
the thought of God. One of )ladame de "JiateFs sisters,
who lived not far from Roanne, desired to take her niece
with her for a time. The mother accecled. Jeanne was then
fifteen years of age. ln order to make the visit more pleas-
ant, this aunt surrounded her with young girls of her own
age and rank. It "Tas a select circle but in the matter of
devotion it was very inferior to the family of )ladame de
)Jatel. In order to make herself agreeable to her new
friends, Jeanne deYoted to games and frivolous enter-
tainments the time which she had hitherto resered for the
serdce of God. The feryor which filled her heart was soon
replaced by -lukewarmness, and of her .pions practices, she
retained only the daily recital of the Rosary. But, as she
confesses, een this was said without attention. And she,
who for a year had eujoyed the inestimable favor of ap-
proaching the Roly Table eery eight days, received Com-
munion only five times during a sojourn of five months.
'Ybat will become of ~Teanne's ardent piety and the great
hopes entertained concerning her ! In truth, the course she
has taken leads to the broad way and even to the abyss.
11
12 LIF~ OF .JEANNE CHEZARD DE MA'l'EL
But God, Vho is watching over her, will rescue her. After
such a prolonged absence Jeanne yearns to see her mother
and she returns to Homme.
Thither she goes but does not take back with her the
piety aild recollection she had before her departure. The
companions with whom formerly she loved to associate, are
no longer pleasing to her. She finds congeniality only
among the daughters of the great. Yet God designed to
make use of her humble companions to lead her back to
Himself. In spite of her disdain, they exert a beneficial
influence over her which she cannot resist. The mere sight
of them suggests salutary reflections and pious memories.
As she says: "Finally, grace was stronger than nature;
little by little I gave up the company of those who allured
me to the vanities of the world, and I resumed my exercises
of devotion.m
Ilumiliated and saddened over the waste of precious
time spent in dissipation, Jeanne again took up her pious
exercises with all the ardor of youthful, inexperienced zeal.
Daily she assisted at several Masses; she multiplied her
vocal prayers to such an extent that she left no time for
other occupations and often she found no leisure for the
family repasts. Notwithstanding her own piety, Madame
.de Matel could not approve such a course. Admonitions
having been without effect, sbe had an understanding witb
one of ber daughter's uncles, to mortify her by reprimanding
her severely when she was not punctual for dinner. Jeanne
complained of them to God, while shedding copious tears,
and she said to Him naively: "I support all this for You.
Devout girls, poor~r than I am, are far· happier; the time
they spend in church is not spied upon.m
Our Lord did not disdain to give consideration to these
complaints which cause us to smile. To correct what was
defective in the motives of · her chagrin, He made Jeanne
understand that to pray it is not always necessary to be in
a church or oratory, that she could pray while waiting on
her mother and contributing, by her presence and amiabil-
1Autographic Life, ch. V I.
2Jbiùem.
'l'HE EPOCH OF STRUGGLES 13
ity, to the happiness of the family reunions. For three years
she harmonized her pions exercises with her social and home
duties; she was attentive and devoted to her mother and
au example to .her sisters, so that she was the joy and edi-
fication of all.
This ficlelity to interior lights and to the practice of
self-denial, strongly developed in Jeanne the desire to con-
secrate herself to the service of God in the religious life.
rn vain she appealed to her parents to permit her to put
this desire into execution. ~Ir. de Matel would not by any
means give his consent. These refusals saddened Jeanne,
without shaking her resolution. She was confident that a
day wonld corne when God would reconcile the heart of her
father to the accomplishment of His divine will. Without
her suspecting it, this had already been gained. Our Lord
.made use of the opposition of Mr. de Matel, to b~·ing about
the realization of His most special designs on this chosen
soul. He called her, not merely to follow in the footsteps
of one of the great patriarchs of the monastic life, but to open
a new way for souls desirous of singularly belonging to the
wrord of God made llan and of making a special profession
of honoring and imitating Him. Before putting this divine
plan into execution Providence endeavored to forge and
temper the instrument. Suffering, humiliation, and re-
pentance will be the refining :fires.
Satan had already se~n the foiling of his projects to draw
.Jeanne out of the path of perfection; but he had not aban-
doned his purpose. YVhen an occasion for a new attack
was presented, he did not fail to take advantage -of it.
:Madame de llaters sister was to be married and nat-
nrally Jeanne was expected to take part in the festivities.
But the remembrance of the havoc which dissipation bad
caused was still very vivid and having resolved to avoid such
festivities in future, she excused herself and declined the
invitation. Thus a great victory was gained. The enemy
was not so easily disarmed. .Jeanne succeeded in absenting
herself from the wedding. She could not escape from visit-
ing, and herein a snare was laid for her. A relative of her
annt's husband sought her company; infatuated with her
14 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE 11'.ATEL
<:harming manner~, intelligence, and modesty, he was lavish
of his admiration that so young a girl, living almost exclu-
sively in her oratory, and chiefly occupied with matters of
devotion, converse<l so agreeahly, thus combining social re-
finement with the highest piety.
· Unfortunately, these flattering speeches and vain compli-
ments were repeated to Jeanne and this youthful heart of
eighteen years, "susceptible," as she wrote later, " to cornpla-
cency in h~rself and to condescendence in others,m was
weakened by the poison of praise. She, who had refused
so generously to be present at the wedding, allowe.d herself
to be overcome by urgent invitatious to assist at the feast
of St. Anne, Patroness of the place where her aunt resided.
To appease her qualms of conscience she consulted her con-
fessor, Father Parot .of the Society of J esus. He was of
opinion that she ought not to refuse this satisfaction to her
relatives. But to forearm her against any risk, he urged
her to go to Roly Communion on the two consecutive feasts
of St. ~James and St. Anne.
Madame de Matel was glad to acquiesce in the desire
of her sister. Everything concurred to favor the project
and the visit was arranged. Rich dresses, which Jeanne
rarely wore, having considered tbem out of harmony with
the humility and simplicity which God desired of ber, were
carefully selected. But she promised herself to be indif-
ferent and persuaded herself that her object in wearing them
was that she might not appear · singular. Once started
down the road of concession, compromises followed in
rapid succession. She argued with herself, that once at the
festival, she must not refuse to dance; it would be un-
becoming to make herself conspicuous among other- young
ladies and be but a means of advertising her piety.
No sooner was her arrival at the reunion announced than
she was w~lcomed and invited to dance. She graciously
accepted the invitation, but her first steps were halted by
an accident. 'rhe b1ood rushed to her head and gushed frorn
her nostrils. She retfred and with great difficulty sup-
prcssed the effusion. Rccovering from her embarrassing
1Autographic Life, c h. VII.
THE E POCH OF STfüJGGLES 15
situation, she returned to the ball-room and accepted an-
o,ther invitation to dance, but the hemorrhage returned with
eYen more violence. Jeanne was constrained to retire.
This warning did not make her enter into herself. Less
solicitous to inquire into the will of HeRen than to satisfy
her own Yanity, she saw in the accident only an effect of
excessive heat, and she planned to begin anew on the
•morrow.
In order not to scandalize those who had seen her play-
ing and dancing, she . omittecl the Communion vhich her
confessor recommended. Free from this salutary check, sbe
lent herself with her natural charm and grace to
frfrolous games and conversations, but without losing her
habitual perfect modesty and decorum. All were capti-
Yated by her and she was the object of so many fiattering
.compliments that she said to herself, "You thought your-
self ignorant of the ways of the world and now see how
pleasing you are to all whom you meet.m H appily, while
this flattered her V"anity, it could not satiate her heart. She
confe~ses : '"I was pleasing to all,.but displeasing to myself
out of fear of not being pleasing to God."2
Eight days were passed in these exterior pleasures and
interior pains which Jeanne tried to quell by promising
herself to put an end as soon as possible to this life of dis-
sipation. Her half formed resolution was strengthened by
another accident. A storm of great violenc·e broke out and
up1>ooted many trees: in this cataclysm her harrowed con-
science ~a"? a sign of the indignation of God against her.
To appease it, she made more positive promises to God and
arranged the date of her departure. "For the feast of Our
Lady of the Angels, I shall be at Roanne and receive Com-
munion to p:ain the inclulgence.m
She kept her word. Hnt he1· return under the paternal
i·oof <lid not restore either he1· fervor or the spirit of self-
<1e11ial with Yhich her soul had been filled before her de-
parture. Our Lord. from "Yhom she had turned away so
giddily, after receiving so many marks of His·special love~
1Autographic L ife, ch. YII.
'.?Ibidem .
:::Ib idem .
16 LIU'E Oli, JEAN!E CHEZARD DE MA'rEL
Clrnrch of St. ~S t ep h en at Roanne
THE EPOCH OF STilUGGLES 17
was now to show her the gravity of her inconstancy. She
wished to resume her pions exercises. Instead of the happi-
ness she formerly felt, she now experienced only distaste.
ff she had heeded her feelings perhaps she W'ould have given
np all of these exercises of devotion, but she was hindered
l>y human respect from doing this. Hitherto, all Roanne
had admired her piety. From her tender childhood, she
had shü"wn such a desire of becoming a religions, that, as
she thought, she should not allow her lukewarmness to
be seen.
Yhat she thonght she was concealing, was visible to all.
Yhen heretofore, there had been opportunities to appear
in company, she had always yielded to her aunt or to her
younger sister her rights as the- eldest daughter of the
house; now she rarely made any objection to accept invita-
tions to evening parties. She could easily bave found a way
to refuse her company but she did nothing of the. kind and
readil~T acceded to the slightest requests. Then, in order
to calm the reproaches of her conscience, she said to God:
••r w·ill be most mindful of Yon during the dance.m
As soon as ~Jeanne appeared at these worldly reunions,
Our Lord made Hirnself known to her, as she relates: ••Yith
a presence which was ipxhdble to the e.res of my body but
vü:;ible to the eyes of my spirit which kept saying in a char-
itable tone: 'Y1rnt a fine figure you eut in the dance!' At
these words, I blushed with shame; neYertheless the next
<lay 1 had not the courage to resist when I was begged to
1·etn1·n."2
In the meanwhile God did not abandon ber. He snr-
rounded this rash child with His unw·earying proteètion and
permitted no evil thought to approach her. He imbued
those who surTOUIHled her with such sentiments of respect
that no one dared to addl'ess her with the frivolons expres-
sions frequently nsed in snch a~semblies.
But ~Jeanne, while protected from danger, was not im-
mune from remor~e. After tasting the joys of the senTice
of God, how could her present spirit of contradiction to
1Autographic Life, cl!. YIII.
2Ibidem.
18 I.H'I~ OF' JE.ANNE CHEZAltD DE ~I.A'l'EL
God be otherwise than most painful? Her restless discon-
tent soon showed itself outwardly.
She, whose s'veetness and condescendence 4ad made her
the angel of her home, now became uncongenial and dis-
agreeable. All who came in contact with her seemed to be
against her. She could not receive an admonition from her
mother, without fancying that she was no longer loved by
her. This torture seemed intolerable. There was but one
remedy-tlwt of giving up worldly pastime.s; she pursued
the contrary course. She says: a1 asked to go to see my
aunt who 'vas sick in body, in the town where I myself had
become sick in soui.m
The arrival of ~Jeanne was a source of great pleasure
to her aunt. This lady had been brought up in the
home of Madame de Matel and was a daily witness of the
goodness and piety of her niece. She had no idea that any
motive but affectionate charity could have induced Jeanne
to visit her; her heart feastecl on the consolations which she
hoped to reap from her presence. But her expectations
were doomed to disappointment. Instead of seeking to
solace her aunt, Jeanne thought only of amusements, to
which she devoted almost her entire time. The husband
and mother-in-law of the sick lady were equally surprised.
The aunt had offen related to them her niece's virtues and
her attraction for the religions life, and now they said to her:.
''Your sister thinks that her daughter may become a reli-
gions, but she is far from the spirit of that profession; shc
is never with you in yonr illness."2
None of tho'se who 'vere astonished at Jeanne's conduct,
let her suspect their disapprobation. But she coulcl not
silence the reproaches of her conscience. Her Divine 1Ias-
ter (l id Hot spare her. .As soon as shc began to enjoy herself
she heard i·e-echoing in the depths of her hem·t these sting-
ing words: ""' Vhnt a fine figure yon cnt in these gowns."g
She did not misnu<lerstand these relmkes, but she replied
to thcm only by ponting : "1Iay I not be allowed to recreatc
1 Au1ogTn.phic Life, cil . VIII.
2Jbiclem.
3l bidem.
'l'HE EPOCH OF S'l'RUGGLES 19
innoceutly like other young girls? Must they cull all the
roses of enjoyrnent and I alone be pierced hy the thorns of
my ~cTn vles aud Your i·epronches ?m
l>uring these 1minfnl colloquies, what about the gaiety
of the obstinate pleasure-seeker? Did her frolicsome corn
panions surmise the secret of those interior contradictionf:?
By ·no means, nothing exterior betrayed these combah:; i11
lier soul. As she tells us, "I watched over my interior and
exterior.m 'Vhen she was alone, the struggle came back
mo1·e te1·ribly and dedsively. 'J'he battle was being wagf:d,
not for these passing pleasures, but for her vocation itself.
On the one hand, the fear that by her neglect she mjght
become criminal in the eyes of God and even of man, made
her apprehensive of resisting the attraction which she had
always felt for the religions life. On the other hand, the
.fervent love that she formerly felt for solitude and morti-
fication which she had considered the sweetest joys of life,
was now replaced by disgust and pusillanimity. She feared
that she could not endure the rigors of the cloister and she
was alarmed at the thought of being confined there fm·ever.
"I could not resolve," she says, "to face the austerity
practised, as I thought, in religion. I suffered no tempta-
tion and I had no thought of marriage. You had exempted
me from every sensual sentiment and I had no knowledge
of such things, but I dreaded to be shut in all my life, and
T desired to be able to enjoy my liberty and freedom with-
out anv feai· of constraint.·''3
.. .
While a prey to these perplexities, the ungrateful child
sometimes went so far as to regret that she had received so
many special impulses of grace. "Oh, if I had not been
born where devotion and piety were nurtured, I would not
have giyen myself up to its practice. And if I bad not seen
that little girl who lent me tbe book recording the miracles
of Your Holy Mother, I would not uow be a prey to the
. annoyances and sorrows in which I am entangled, as a
eonsequence of following thm;e devotions. Alas, my God.,
l A utog r a phie Life, c h. VIII.
2lbidem.
:nbh1em.
20 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZ.ARD DE llATEL
if to deliver me from anxiety You would only make my
father and mother say decidedly that they are unwilling
for me to enter a couvent, I would be relieved of the
appreheusions I feel lest I may have been unfaithful to
You, and also of the shame I would suffer in the eyes of
those who have known my aspirations.m
However, grace had the last word. "Alas! what am
I saying? Dear Lord, pardon a child who is· tempted
aud troubled, and asks for what is contrary to her wel-
fare. My God, I do not want to leave You and I do not
waut to yield to these temptations, but give me strength
to surmount them. I abandon myself to Your mercy. Have
pity on me, although I am so unworthy of it.m
Wbile thus tempted from within, Jeanne was also tor-
mented from without. A woman in the service of her aunt,
manifested a worldly affection for her. On many occasions
she argued that she would do wrong to sacrifice her priv-
ilegcs as the oldest child of her family, to become a religious;
that she was too highly gifted to shut herself up in a cou-
vent; that from her first sojourn in that locality, all saw
her but to admire her. This flattery made an impression
on a spirit already shaken, but Jeanne's pride did not
permit her to show it, and she non-plussed the worldly-
wise woman by replying with apparent firmness, "No, I
wish to be a religions."
A cousin also spok~ to Jeanne-in the same strain. This
very frivolous young lady was most eager to bring her
fnto ·contact with her own girl friends and thereby induce
her to take part in their vain amusements. One day, with
an indiscretion equal to her ·1evity, she confidentially related
to Jeanne some of the criticisms which she had heard others
pass upon her; they rema.rked that she did not now enter
into the intentions of her own ~other, in giving so little
of ber time to ber sick aunt and they thought that Madame
de Matel had no cause to fear that Jeanne would be a
religions. She added, with many caresses: "I beg you
Hot to enter a couvent. 'Vlrnt wonld you do in a cloister?
1A n tographic Life, ch. VIII.
2Tbicl em.
THE EPOCH OF STRUGGLES 21
Hemain in the world with us." "I make no promise," replied
Jeanne, '·God calls me, and I will not be unfaithful to
Him.''1
This time her ·words came from the heart. There was
in the tone and manner in which she expressed herself,
something that made her cousin realize that nothing would
turn her away from her vocation.
Unconsciously, this young feather-brained cousin irre-
vocabl~y strengthened ,Jeanne in her vocation, for the
startling revelation suddenly enlightened her. To render
herself agreeable to creatures, she abandoned God and by
her very infidelity to Him, she even displeased her friends.
Her straightforward mind recognized ber own miscalcu-
lation and she said :· ''Dear Lord, it is right for creatures
to be disgusted with one who does not love as she ought
her own Creator and theirs, and who from vain com-
placency wished to abandon her Creator to adhere to them.m
Jeanne immediately resolved to return tQ her mother
and resume her former life of prayer and mortification,
and to break away from all that would withdraw her from
God. She was determined to profit by the painful experi-.
ence of her own weakness. Relying on God's goodness,
she said to Him: "It is in Your mercy that I place my hope !
I make You no pr01nise to fight with generosity. -nrithout
You I can do nothing. You shall do all.m
This humble avowal gave complete success to the de-
signs of Providence. The indispensable foundation for the
spiritual edifice was now solidly and deeply established.
The intimate know1edge of the little or nothing she could
do of herself, would aid her, through her wholê life, to
ascribe to God the numberless benefits which she would
receive from Him.
lfany arguments were brougbt forth to compel Jeanne
to alter her resolution; the inadvisability of undertaking
a journey in the midst of the rigors of winter, etc., but
she remained firm and nothing could make her defer her
departure. After her return - to the paternal roof, she
1Autographic Life, ch. IX.
2Ibidem.
3Jbidem.
22 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE MATEL
suffe1·ed for some time from the wounds inflicted on her
:--;oul. She thought she read blame on every face, and that
all shared the discontent which she felt with herself.
'Hie Divine Physician was to be the healer of these
wounds. "On the first Sunday of Lent," relates Jeanne,
''it pleased You, 0 my Divine Flame, to enlighten me and
to convert me entirely to Yourself. Yon then gave me a
share in the victories which You did gloriously gain in
the desert, and, on that day. You said to me: 'Place
thy trust in lfe, I have vanquished thine enemies.' m
The word of God is ever true and efficacious, it accom-
plishes what it cornrnands. The struggle 'vas over and vic-
tory was on the side of ~Tesus. )"e slrnll now see Him
lavishing upon her the riches of His love and grace, to enrich
His dear conquest, and dispose her for the realization of
His designs upon her.
lAutographic Life, ch. IX.
CHAPTER Il I
The Fruits of Victory
1615- 1618
Jeanne was not fullv aware of the numberless blessings~ ~
promised by the ..,.ord "..hich had delivered her from danger
and put her enemies to flight. The :first effect produced
hy her reawakening. was the arousing of indignation against
herself. She fe1t so deeply her ingratitude to God, shown
by her unfaithfulness to her pious practices, that she wished
Ilis justice would pursue her with the utmost rigor. But
the more she longed for severity, the more J esus showed
His tenderness. '·rhat ! dear Lord/' she exclaimed, "You
caress her who only a month ago said to You: 'Vhy
do You call me to be devout?' and who seemed angry be-
cause Your goodness had thought of her from eternity !
. . . It is not right for an ingrate to receive so many
sweetnesses and to be treated "..ith lm..e: lea"e me in fear.
and chastise my infidelities by the prfration of all con-
solations, except such as are necessary for my salYation.'-·1
The issue of this struggle was not doubtful. The humble
and repentant lo-ve which stripped itself, coulcl not pre-
Yail against the generous and all powerful love which
,-dshed to gfre in abundance. These outpourings of an
humble and contrite heart. far from hindering the lansh-
ings of the God of mercies, only increased them. Xone
could then foresee the length to which these divine liberal-
ities would go.
On the fi rst ~Jonday of Lent. in the year 1615, .Jeanne
was assisting at ~lass. profoundly recollected and atten-
tfre to each prayer of the priest. To he:r' intense aston-
if'hment she understands. after the reading of the Epistle.
the liturgical language. . . At the same moment. God
vividly recalls to her mind that twelYe years before, she
bacl assured Him that if He taught her to understancl
J,Auto~raphic Life.1 çh, X.
23
24 LU'E OF JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE 1IATEL
the Latin of the Gospel, she woulcl love Him as much as
did St. Catherine of Sienna. She was now commanded
to. fulfill her promise. Our Lord bad bestowed on ber the
gift of understandiug the Latin language and the mystical
~ense of the Roly Seriptures.
':rhese were singular favors. The education of women,
cven in the great age of Louis XIV, ordinarily included
011ly vel'y limited instruction. Fortunately, at that time
there was, at least, no educational law which blocked the
eareer marked out by Providence for girls of high 01· of
mo(lest birth. If some snrpassed their cornpanions in 1iter-·
m·y achievements, they owed these advantages to exceptional
situations: their natural aptitudes had attracted the at-
tention of a friend or interested the zeal of a relative.
Not a few were under obligations to a priest for their
eminence in literatnre or in the sciences. Madame de
Sevigne lrnd her Abbé de Coulanges, and witt:v dames of
that epoeh rejoiced in ·the atmosphere of Port-.Royal. But
.Jeanne de lfatel had no such aids. And yet none the less
1-!he became a great writer, and, above all, a consummate
theologian.
'I'his "~ealth of science which came to ~Teanne as quick
as lightning and which was as lasting as the source from
which it flowed, was., as is readily seen, more than a celestial
condescendence. It was a means to the end proposed by
the Incarnate 'Yord. Jt was the characteristic mal'k of
His special grace, the radiant sketch of His mvn super-
natm·al physiognomy. 'I'he Lord had predestined her to
hecome, in a special nrnnner, the sponse of the Snbstantial
'Yord of the Father, and He gave her intelligence with
1·eganl to God's revea1ed wonl and even to the language
in which the Chnl'ch p1·rse1·ves it. 'J'he "'Y01·<1 which pro-
('P<"lfl~ from H ÎN eterna1 Pi·inciple by the way of mHle1stan<1-
i11g, wishcd the disti11gni~hi11g chm·aeteriRtit of thi~ f·qionFe
of Ili~ to be a p;l'<l<'C Of ]ight Oll the divine lll.n~tCl'ÏCS arn1
of Î11tclligell('e with rrg·m'<1 to ihe rcvralcd 'Yord. IIe
(h1 d~urd this to hC1· rcpeatcdly.
One <lay Ile said to hel': ""My child, it is ~ry wish to
~peak to thce by füe Tioly Sc1·iptm·eR, nn<l by them thon
THE FTIUITS OF YICTORY 25
wilt know My desires. I wish them to be the means of
teaching thee what I desire from thee for My glory and
that of My saints, for thy salnltion and that of thy neigh-
bor. I spoke to the people in para~les and rarely withont
p:uables did 1 speak. And, as for thee, 3ly well-beloYed,
I wish to instrnct thee in ..Iy designs b~r the SeriIJtures,
and by them to reyeal to thee )ly intention, and to explain
to thee mysteries which are most adorable and most hidden
from the minds of men.m
The numerous and admirable writings of lfother de
:Jiatel, from first to last, shüv the realization of this prom-
ise. As one of her bio0 Ta1)hers yerT" J·ustlv savs: "Thev aret:i ~ t.I tl tl
a tissue of texts from the old and the new Testament. She
does not receive a communication from her Divine Spouse,
paint a picture of a situation, or express a sentiment, with-
out qnoting passages of our Roly Books to support or
c'omplete her thought.m
Such knovdedge and precise use of the Scriptures are
eYidently abo-e all the natural powers of the memory or
understanding of a human mind. The "Titings themselves
of the venerable ~lother are eloquent witnesses of their
inspiration. She _has presented the difficult sides of mys-
teries pertaining to faith and morality, with rigorous
orthodoxy,3
which, in . turn, borrow from the Scriptures
their magnificence of style and graceful sh~pli city.
"~e dwell on this fact because it gives the reason for
tbe 'vonders which are its sequel, and because it shows,
from the beginning, from what authority Jeanne received
her mission.
The sacred texts, cited wHh such appositeness and pro-
fusion in the writings of Mother de lIatel, are given almost
exclusiYely 1n Latin. She was so yersed in the language
of the Church that when she expresses herself in French,
Yords of Latin origin most frequently corne to her pen.
1Autograph ic Life, ch. X.
2The Yenerable lIother Jeanne de ::Iatel, by the Abbé Penaud, vol.
I, ch . III.
3This estimate (sa.ving the reYerence due to the Church's clecision
"hich has not yet interYene<l) is that of numerous theologians of differ-
Pnt Orders from tlle days of :lother cle lIa tel to onr own.
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Frequently she finds it necessary to gallicize Latin words
in order to express her ideas in her mother tongue.
''Ordinarily," as she tells ns, "French terms have not
the gracefulness of the Latin of the Roly Scripture. rl'his
i:--; why it is hard for me to express my thoughts in Fl'Cnch
terirn; of which I never made any study, as, indee<l, I never
stndied any science except that of loving You, my Divine
Love, Vho have wished to be my Teacher.m
It was, above all, at the knowledge of this love that
~Tesus aimed, in illumining the rnind of the happy cou-
vert, and, when she realized that she understood the texts
of the Latin Missal, torrents of tears burst from her eyes.
8uch were the :first fruits of the new favor which was
superadded to those which had preceded. God gave ber
the joy of the gift of tears ! "My eyes had be{~ome foun-
tains," she relates; "this gift of tears stayed with me for
several years and was a cause of great joy. rrhe unction
of the Spirit was so abnndant in my soul, that I found
myself wholly consecrated to Your love."2
This was indeed a precious favor. But the goodness of
.Jesus was not yet satisfied. "At the same time," she con-
tinues, "You gave me the gift of prayer. I passed hours
and hours in mental prayer without one distraction. From
rhat day, You made me hate the things You hated, and love
the things You loved. rrhe world and its vanities were<-- •
placed under my feet. Solitude and silence were paradise
to me. Frorn that day I saw myself and my former incli-
nations transformed into Your desires."3
A transformation so sudden and so complete was evi-
<lently the work of a powerful grace. To forewarn Jeanne
against the risks which ber lrnmility might have to rnn on
ncconnt of His generosities, God willed to grant them to
1ie1· in snch a manner that it was absolutely clear they were
entfrely the effect of His munificence. Jeanne understood
füis once for all, and constantly gave back to God the glory
for the great things done by His infinite charity. From
1A 11 tog-rnph ic Life, c h . XXI.
2lbidem.
3lhid e m, ch. X.
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that tirne she intoned the song of gratitude and love which
to lier last breath she exhaled frorn her soul; she :filled the
pages she left to us, with the harmony of this same pious
hymn. The title of those pages is like a prelude to this
canticle of humility: Inventory of the graces which the
Divine Goodness lws given to me out of His pure liberality.
By the light of these "Titings jotted down as we shall
see, at the command of her superiors, we shall now follow
eTeanne, as she rises, step by step, to the highest summits of
contemplation and virtne.
From her entry into these paths of prayer, we feel that
he1: progress will not be of the ordinary kind. Her march
forwarcl is guided by Rim 'Vl10 has placed her in these
higher ways and He will be her only Teacher.
''Divine and charitable Love," she exclaims, "Yon Your-
self wished to conduct me to the mount of myrrh aud the
bill of incense. You taught me mental prayer and led me
into the solitude of the soul. Having made me ·a mystic
bee, You made me gather from Your sacred mysteries and
the Roly Scriptures, -the honey of a thousand thoughts.m
The mysteries of His Passion were the first lessons taught
by the Incomparable Doctor to His Disciple, and so during
the :first year He made her conceive an extreme horror
for sin.
The following year, He united her to His sufferings by
such penetrating compassion that she could not sufficiently
admire the effects of this grace: She says: "I felt myself
trans:figured and transformecl into Your sorrows. In the
garden, I sweated; at the pillar I felt the blows of the whi1)
that eut You; at the carrying of the Cross I seemed ·to carr:y
it with Yon, and on Calvary, I was cruci:fied with You."2
On Good Friday, at the moment when the preacher of
the Passion pictured Our Lord with head büvecl down
giving up the ghost, she felt herself so strongly attracted to
follow Him that she wns about to ùreathe her last. But
God gave her to understand that it was His will for her
~till to dwell in this world~ to procm·e His glory and the
1Autogrnphic Life, ch. XVIII.
2A u tographic Life, ch. XII.
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~alvation of many souls. 'l"'he next day, Iloly Saturdny,
she so slrnred the sorrows of the Blessed Mother that Rev.
Father Irenaeus of the Order of Capuchins, who was preach-
ing on the Compassion of lfary, conld not help notici11g her
in the audience and was struck by the deathlike pallor of
her face. She appeared to him such a strHdng image of
the :Mother of Sorrows that, as he gazed at her, he could
not help exclaiming: Ecce ~ffater! "Behold the Mother !"
J esus aftenYards made her penetrate more deeply the
mystery of His Cross. He inundated her soul with lights
on that masterpiece of His Divine 'Visdom which knew how
to draw from death the source of life; from humiliation,
triumph; from poverty, wealth; from obedience, a kingdom
without end. Moreove1·, the glory of the Cross which she
adored as the triumphal chariot of her amiable King, ap-
peared to her so august, that, like St. Paul, she could not
glory in anything but the Cross of Jesns Christ.
Her actions coincided 'vith her feelings and sentiments.
She was avid for sufferings and humiliations. At the
thought of the blood he1· God had shed to save her soul and
win her heart, she burned to pour out her own for love of
Him. Having no hope to offer it up to Him by martyrdom,
she made it ftow nnder redoubled blows of her severe disci-
plines. ~rhe furnitnre and floor of her oratory received the
imprints of these holy ansterities. Nothing else could sat-
isfy her. Shc fasted frcqnently and wore a sort of hafr
skirt. woven from cords and iron books w·hich to1·e he1·
shoulders. Her fecble and delicate constitution conld not
have long snstaincd snch penances. Her directors, whom
she had not heretoforc thonght to consnlt abont these prac-
tices, took information, and restrained ber ansterities.
'rhese mocle1·ations we1·e a real snffering for h~1._ 1'101·e-
over, she became i11ge11ions in replaci11g fo1·hiddeu 11rncc1·a-
tious by m01·tiftcntions not less admirahlr.
Madame <le Mate] had ~d lwr hcart 011 giying her dangh-
te1·s an edncation that " ·oul<l be th01·011gh and practicnl.
Rhe, therefore, had them iTaiBt>d in the m·t of housekeeping,
and assigned thcm to the varions ho11sehold dnties. She
ernp1oycd sc1·vmli:s foi· the w01·k in the fields, in 01·dcr that
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her daughters might learn to care for and govern a home.
But whether from a predilection for her eldest daughter, or
rather from having understood that the Lord had given to
this child of grace the part of lf~ry, this admirable motber
generally dispensed her from the occupations of lfartha.
Jeanne, however, was clever in finding a way to work as
much as her sisters, and to reserve for herself the more
fatiguing and menial kinds of housework. She thus con-
trived to have hot water brought to the place where the
bread was baked in order that she rnight wash the dishes in
secret.
'Vhile Jeanne gave herself up to humble services of this
kind, her soul Yas overflowing vith joys and lights. If
she went to the well to draw water, she was ravished by
the memory of the charity of J esus while waiting for the
sinful woman at the well of tJacob. She felt inebriated with
~he living water which He promised to that Samaritan
woman, and, in a transport, besought Him to give ·it to her
forever.
Her tender llaster had a greater desire to inundate her
soul with His graces than she had to receive them. Sorne- .
times the memorv of her faults caused her to withdraw
herself from thes~ consolations. Our "Lord seemed to suffer
from these resistances and He reproached her for them. He
said: "lly daughter, I love mercy more than sacrifice. Thy
thoughts are as far from lfine as earth from Heaven. lfy
thoughts for thee are thoughts of peace and joy. Thine are
thought~ of war and affliction for sins which I have plunged
into the sea of My precious blood and which lfy infinite
charity has not only covered and sunk, but destr_o~'ed, so
that they no longer e.xist. Receive l1y graces with Innnility
and gratitude; suffer lle to love thee and to delight in
pouriug forth on thee the overftow of the torrents of lIy
g-oodness." She c011tin11es: " Seeing that my tearR had been
dried by the ardor of Yom· love whieh had made me Rlwd
them, I consented to Yom· plemmre: A byssus abyssum iu-
. {~ .
vor:at ni voce caractarum tuaruni : omnw excclsa tua et1
fluctus tui snpcr mr transicrnnt.1
"Abyss calleth 011 abyss
lPs. 41, 8.
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at the voie~ of thy fioodgates. Ail thy heights and thy
billows have passed over me." Since it pleases You that the
abyss of my sins must attract the abyss of Your mercies,
and that my sins must be swallowed up in the ocean of
Your loving goodness, I adore Your excesses and Jose my-
self in them.m
On this point, ·~Teanne became resigned. But another
conftict, a combat of love and generosity, was fought be-
tween her and her liberal Benefactor. How could she feel
herself so loved and see herself so loaded with favors, and
not multiply her deeds of gratitude? Yet, what can she
give to her God, what can He do with ~vhat she gives? If
He has no need of aught for Himself, yet He has said:
"'Vhat yon do to the Ie.ast of Mine, you do to Me." These
words infiame her heart with charity. She becomes the dis-
tributor of her mother's gifts to the poor, and, by her gentle
pleadings, she multiplies these alms. She imposes priva-
tions on herself: three times a· week, she adroitly manages
that the dishes servecl to herse.If be given to the poor. She,
moreover, takcs up collections to assist them more abun-
.dantly. -nrreathed in modesty which renders the graces of
a young maiden of t'yenty years more attractive, she goes
from door to door, accompanied by a respectable lady-friend,
to beg alms for the poor.
Corporal needs of her neighbor, however, were not those
tlrnt most aroused her zeal. She had the interests of God
and souls so mnch at heart that, Iike the Apostle, she seemed
to have solititnde for an the clrnrches. She addressecl her-
self to the saints of the Clrnrch triumphant, and conjured
them to praise Gocl for her; in return, she presented to the
Divi11e lIajesty her prayers and good works for the increase
of their aceidental glo1·y. She offerccl 11nmerous snffrages
fol' the relief of the souls of the Church snffe1·ing; in the
:u'<lm· of hcr compassion, she implorcd the favm· of e11dnring
füei1· paim~, in OI·der thnt thcy might hc delive1·ed from them.
Hile multiplicd he1· supplications in hchnlf of O.ie mcmbers
of the Chnn~h militant. She implorcd the divine mercy to
11 u togra phic Life, cl1. XIV.
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give the life of grace to those who were depriveù of it, and
to increase it in those who already possessed it.
To aid souls in their countless needs, she exhausted all
the formulas of prayer. Every day she recited the office of
the Blessed lfother and that of the Roly Ghost, as well as
the gradual psahns and the rosary. On Montlay, she added
the office of the deaù. ~I'hese were only the short forms of
her intercession. Her prayer began with the dawn and
lasted till n'ight. No external occupation could interrupt
it or distract he1· mind from the presence of God, or ber
heart from His love, for "she could no longer love anything
but Him in all things and all things in Him.m
As this love for God increased, the virtues were admir-
ably de,Teloped. The sight of ber nothingness became so
clear, the feeling of ber impotence so deep, that Jeanne
could not rely on berself for the smallest things. Never-
theless, her courage 'vas not thus lessened. True l~mnility .
.so far from weakening H, on the contrary multiplied it ten-
fold. Hoping nothing from herself, she hÔped all fro1n the
goodness of God, and the more incapable and feeble shc felt
herself, the more she relied on the infinite power "Thich sbe
kne-v could never fail her. rrhis confidence carried her to
the height of magnanimity. If she"saw that God might be
offended, she refrained from nothing that could prevent this
evil. Sbe confesses that, ;voung and timid as she was, out-
side of sin, she feared nothing created.
The ardor of her faith equaled the firmness of her hope.
To ber, revealed truths appeared luminously evident. To
believe them was one of the great delights of her soul. She
often repeated in a sweet transport: Testinwnia tua credi-
7Jilia facta sunt niniis. "'I'hy testimonies have been made
exceedingly "Torthy of belief."2
On a foundation so broad and solid, a vast and sumptu-
ons edifice can be raised. The Supreme Architect will now
construct this temple with magnificent layers of precioul':
~toues. Ye shall follmv the progress of this masterpiece,
withont stopping to study its marvels. ~ri1Ù~ ~~,~en~;able
iAutographic Life, ch. XIII.
~Ps. XCII, 5.
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Mother, who will be our guide, while recording the graces
she received, did not profess to elaborate a treatise on
praye1·. As the tit1e of her antobiography indicates, she
made an inventory of the divine mercies, and she relates them
to Him 'Vl10 lavished them on ber. In the course o-f her
recital, she thanks Him, "as He knows that she does the
utmost violence to herself to write this book of ber life, He
furnished the words which reveal His liberalities.m In fact,
she narrates them in terms which experiencè alone can
supply, and she depicts them in colors which render them in-
telligible to all, in spite of their prodigious elevation.
Humbly, therefore, with this pious l1other, shall we attempt
to make an inventory ·of the riches imparted to her by her
generous Benefactor. After admiring so many munifi-
cences, we shall the more easily comprehend the sublimity
of the mission for which God predestined her.
1Autographic Life, C'h. XX.
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CHAPTER IV
The Ascent to the Highest Mystic Summits
1618-lGlD
Before we contemplate the snccessfre ascents by which,
eYen during the days of her earthly pilgrimage, this great
soul ·will be carried into the bosom of God, it is not un-
timely to remark that if it is not given to all to rise to
these heights, all can draY from these recitals new lights
on the lo-ve our Divine Savior has for souls. If God does
not bestow on all the same testimonials of His love, because
His designs on all are not the same, it is certain that the
advances, the devices, and even the prodigies of His grace
by which He insures, for each one, the infinite happiness of
Hearnn, will be througbout eternity the subject of aston-
ishment and thanksgiYing, eYerl after the proofs of His in-
comparable love giYen to all in His Incarnation, in His
death and in the Holy Eucharist.
Jeanne has tolcl us th~t her Divine Preceptor taught her
how to make mental prayer and to cull frorn His sacred
mysteries and the Scriptnres a thousand holy thoughts.
For a time He applied her mind to the consideration of the
truths of faith and taught her ho·w to penetrate these truths,
without the aid of discursive reasoning~ by simple sight and
a pure intention which filled her with light and joy. It
was the gift of infused contemplation, that SYeet elevation
of the soul unto God, b:~ God Himself. "You ga-ve me the
part of 11ary," she says, ·•and hae not taken it away. From
beams of light which radiated from Your Dfrine face and
insinuatecl tbemseles into my mind, there proceecled an
enlightenment which eleYated my soul into admirable con-
templations. As :Jlagclalen was troubled about nothing, so
rny spirit dYelt in Your presence, to hear Your dfrine word
and at Your will walked with Yon among Your own mar-
Yels. In this sweet contemplation _I found the one thing
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Jeanne de-matel-by-rev-mother-saint-pierre-de-jesus-1910-translated-by-henry-churchill-semple-1922

  • 1. LIFE of the Reverend Mother î -~.L.~-s~ ,,.., ,_~ ..;~~- !~· È~~~ . JEANNE CHEZARD de MATEL Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate W ord and the Blessed Sacrament A ccording to ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS by The Reverend Mother Saint Pierre of Jesus, Superioress of the Mona;t°ery at Lyons, France ·~ an s lated from the Original French - by HENRY CHURCHILL ~' S. J . CHAP~A IN OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY , NEW ORLEANS, LA. Author of "A nglican Ordinations," "What Times, Vhat Morais," .:Heaven Op e n to Souls, , "American Liberty Enlightening the World " ' CONVENT OF THE INCARNATE WORD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ST. MARY'S SEMINARY LIBRARY Perryvllle, M Issouri
  • 4. Copyright, 1922 SISTERS 01<' CHARITY OF THE INCARNATE '"ORD OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 'TooDwARD & TrnRNAN PRINTING Co . ST. ·Louis, U. S. A.
  • 5. 923 C53 S 3Jmprimi Jntrst: AEMILIUS MATTERN, S. J. Praepositus Prov. N eo-Aureliànensis Niqil ®bstat: E. C. DE LA MORINIERE, S. J. CenRor Deputatus 3Jmprimatur: ~ JOANNES W. SHAw Archùpz~scopus N eo-Aurelianensz~s Neo-Aureliae die 21 Octnbris, 1921. 4537
  • 6. TO ALL THE D.UGHTERS OF THE INCARNATE WOilD AS : TillBU'l'E OF AFFEC'I'IO~ AND AS A :lEMOULL OF THE GOLDEN .JUBILEE OF THE FOU~DATION 01,' 'l'HEIR CONGmjG.ATION JN 8-N AKTONIOJ 'TEXAS 1869-1919 'l'HE CONGREGA'l'ION OF THE SIS'TERS OF CI-LRl'I'Y OF 'J'HE INC.Ail)i'.A'l'E 'YOilD LOVJNGLY DEDICATE 'l' I-IIS NEW TILNSLA'L'ION OF 'l'HE LIFE OF 'l'HE VENER.BLE ~lOTHim .JIUNNE CHEZ.AUD DE -:IA'l'EL
  • 7. TRANSLATOR 'S -PREFACE Jeanne de ~Iatel, Founclress of the Order of the Incarnate W'ord, was great in the eye-s of many of the great in the great age of France under Richelieu and Louis the Great. Her life was mnch like that of Saints Catherine of Sienna, Jeanne d'Arc, Teresa of J esus and Margaret Mary, with the last narned of whom she was contemporary. At the age of six she said to Our Lord: ""If I could only know Latin, like St. Catherine of Sienna, I 'vould love Yon as much as she did." At the age of nineteen, while hearing lfass with profound attention to the words read by the priest, slie suddenly receives the gift of understanding them all. Our Lord says to her: ''I bave given you what you asked. Give me what yon promi~ed." She ever afterwards reads and cites the Scriptures in Latin. By the comrnana of her directors she wrote her own life and lights, besides treatises of mystic theology. Her complete works cover some three thousand pages. rrhe Cardinal lfinister, Armand de Richelieu, read her treatises on grace and free-will, on the life of God in itself, on the repose of God, on the union of the soul with God, etc. He was amazed and dellghted and wrote to his brother Alphonse, Cai·dinal Archbishop of Lyons and Superior of lIother de lfatel: "I mu hurt at your leaving me t.o learn about her from others. As a proof that I am well informe<1 of what is taking place in the soul of this servant of Gocl, I am sending you some "Titings composed by ber. I have read them with admfration. 1 mn sure that yon will not be Jess astonished when yon have read them. I want to Imow your opinion of them." After reading them, the Cardinal of L~Tons Raid: ''I cannot believ-e that a woman has written RO aecurately on fmcl1 deep RuhjectR. She must have stolen these thi11gs from tlw worlrn of ]1er dirrctors."
  • 8. VI Til~XSLATO~S PREFACE He commands her directors not to see her until further onlers from himself. He goes in person and seizes every one of her writings. He then commands her to write them all over. She does so very quickly. He keeps both copies for a number of years and is amazed at seeing them to be snbstantially identical. He emmot find any excuse for censuring them on grounds of error or plagiarism. Eefore his death from dropsy, whid1 she has long before predicted to him, he expresses :,?;1·eat i·egret for. his conduct towards her aild is soITy tlrnt she is absent in Paris and that thus he cannot grant her the execution of her Bull and the canonical erection of her monastery of Lyons. He is most carefnl to have her writ- Îl1gs restored to her intact. ..A.mong souls directed hy this woman were members of the Council of State and of the famous French Academy recently instituted by Richelieu, Peter Séguier, Lord Chan- cellor of France, a renmn1ed jurist, in health and sickness drew stl'ength and comfort from her conversations and writings. She had the approvals of Generals and Provin- cials of the Dominican and J esuit Orders and of several Popes. Numerous bishops were like her novices making thefr manifestations of conscience to her. As many as five of them were seen waHing in her parlor at the same time. 'l'he famons Father Cotton, while i·egarded as the orade of the King and of all France, consulted her on hard ques- tions of theology, as is seen from his letters to her. Father Surin, the celebrated disciple of Father Lallemont and anthor of epochal works on the spiritual life, longed foi· letters from her and was even brought to her to be cured from his obsession hy the devil. lIany holy and learne<l servants of God of that age said that she was the most saintly and enlightened soul they had ever known. lIay the translator be allowed to make an ingenuons confession'! She had her Bethlehem, her Nazareth, her 'tihah01· ai1d also her Calvm·y, while he was writing ont the pages de~c1·ihing her lights, joys and trimnphs, he felt her mii..;givingR ahont the genuineness of the 1·evelati01rn made 1-o her an <l <>ve11 ahon t lwr ve1·aei t-y. B nt his donht.,~ vm1 ished
  • 9. 'TRANSLATOR~ PREFACE VII as his mind afterwards dwelt on the continua! humility, meekness and wisdom and the scrupulous delicacy of honor, fruth and charity with which she bore her cross of long years during which she was treated as a miser and fool by some of her daughters and superiors. Few if any books l>ring out better the reasons of the Father of l.ights and God of all consolations for giving the greatest crosses with the greatest pains and humiliations to souls whom He destines to be the most like to the Man of Sorrows in His sanctity and glory. It cannot be objected against this life of a venerable servant of God that it is fiction and not fact. Notes at the bottom of nearly all the pages refer the reader to the Autographie Life of l1otber de Matel and to the Manuscri1Jt )femoir of Mother de Bely, the former's secretary. These two were eye witnesses of the chie.f events related in this volume. Sorne may object to the number of miracles, p1'ophecies and revelations of l1other de Matel. Should they not make the same objection to the lives of the great women saints abov-e enumerated? Our age loves the marvelous about the amours of Jupiter and his mistresses and about cow- boys and criminals who are heroes of movies or detective stories, and it also loves J efferson's Bible, or the Gospels with the miracles and prophecies left out. However, did not Horace say that the writer of the Trojan war taught what is honorable and base, and useful and harmful, better than any of the Stoic or Epicurean philosophers? Do we ~ot yet, some of us at least, love the chapters of good Rodrignez in which "the doctrine in the preceding chapters is illustrated by examples ?" Do not we in our age of unbelieving and materialistic and even pagan environments and tendencies, need to have our imagination and feelings purified by Christian legends of the Saints? 'Ve belieYe that one reader aft_er another will sooner or later awake to the merits of this volume even as a piece of literature. How onesid~d and darksided are rnany of the pictures we have seen in novels, plays and pretended histories about the great age of France and the Church in the times of
  • 10. VIII TRANSLATOR'S PHEFACE Hiehelieu and Louis XIY ! Here 've get a glimpse of the soul of the o1dest daughter of the Clrnrch in that thl'illing epoth. Sorne of ns may ask, hmv eau lIothel' de Untel have lwe11 snch a g1·eat personage since 'Ye never heard of her '? Lin~s of hp1· were pnblishcd in 1GD2 by Father Boissieu, 8. J.; in 17J:3 by an auonymous .Jesuit Father; in 186-1 by Pl'inte Augustine Galitzin, and in 1882 by Canon Penaud. r11 hc p1·esent life by a daughter of the venerable lfother vrns printed jn 1ülO. Vhy is it that fmv great booksellers will handle Cntholic books and that many classic lives of Saints or servants of God are often conspicnous by their absence from the she1ves of great Catholic lib1·aries '? Ye believe that th is life of 1fotlier de lIatel is so peculiarly timely and has so. much head and heart that eventually it ·will fo1·ce its way into many Catholic families and institutions. 'l'he thougbt of the joy that will be given to the many daughters of rrhe Incarnate Vord by this translation of the life of their llother, has made the rrranslator·s work a labor of love. He hegs leave to express his thanlu~ to them for their many kindnesses to him and his. •
  • 11. PREFACE 'I'he hearty approval with w1lich His Eminence Cardinal Coullié, His Higlrness ~lonsignor Denrnz, and the most Reverend Provost llonsignor Esseiva have encouraged and honored the publication of tbis work, is its most authorita- tive recommendation and valnable eulogy. These approvals would be more than enough to make it known and to secure for it a sympathetic reception from the select public for whom it seems specially designed. But this Life of lfother de lfatel, Fonndress of the Order of the Incarnate 'Vord, being a postlrnmous work, calls for some preliminary ex- pJ.anations. 'l'he authoress, a religions of the Order, had wdtten it several years before she and the Community of which she was Superioress, saw themsel ves forced, by the law pro- mulgated in 1904 against the Congregations, to quit the "'monastery which sheltet·ed their life of prayer and sacrifice. There then came the vicissitudes and sadness of exile. "Tas that a moment for bringing ont into the light the ven- erable figure of a great religious woman at a time when the nation which was to read the book made its glory con- sist in shutting couvents and when the mere name of re- ligions was a certain ti~le for proscription? Yes, in spite of this and even on account of this, the moment appeared favorable. 'I'his W'"Ork is addressed to souls consecrated to God and to persons of piety._ And since it was never more true that ''a11 who wish to live pionsly in J esus Christ, shall suffer persecntion" (II Tim. III :12), will not these souls fiud comfort in an intimacy with an illustrions re- ligions woman who was also nrnch persecuted? Snch was the jndgment of persons of competent author- ity. It was due to their connsels that the too mode:-it authoress withdrew from the oblivion iB which they had been left, her pages written in the sanctifying retreat of
  • 12. X her cloister, in honrs which were more recollected, if not more fruitfnl in holiness. Valiantly, and under the control of obedience, Reverend Mother Saint Pierre nndertook to give the last touches to her wor·k. Her task was advancing and was even coming near to completion when God called to Himself His faith- fnl sernmt. A duty, a sacred duty, was imposed on her religions family, of publishing the work of the venerated Mother whom they monrned. This is the work which her Danghters today offer to the public, uniting in one and the same veneration the holy memory of their illustrions Foundress and that of the holy Religions who wrote this life. 'Yhen this delicate task was entrusted to her. the Jrnmble lfother bowed down before a desire which she regarded as an order, committing herself entirely to God for the success of the work. I t is not withont inter·e~1 to read the pions Invocation which then gushed from her soul and stayed under her e.ye as also in her heart, as long as her laborions and patient researches lasted: "0 my Gocl, I adore Thee, I am in Thy presence. 'fholl art in me. I am in Thee. In Thee also is our holy Mother ~F'onndress, the object of 'J'hy nnutterable mercies, whose life 'l"hon desirest me to relate. In Thee also are the ven- erable lfothers who followed her. 0 my God, Thou and rny IJothers, behold ho"v unworthy and incapable I am of doing snch a work. Thy will is my power and only re- sonrce. I deliver myself to Thee entirely, to be Thy instru- ment. Take possession of me. Make me do this work as Thou wishest it to be done. Disclose to me Thy merciful designs on onr Mother and Thy Order. Teach me how to tell them in a way which will glorify Thee and cause my holy Mother to be venerated. 0 my Divine Master, grm1t me the spirit and virtues of onr holy Order. And yon, my venerable 1lothers, intercede for me befo1·e our Divine Father and Spom;;e. Beg Him to grant me all the graee whieh T uced to do this dear work and to become a ti·ne danghter bf the Incarnate îVord. " :lly God, blcss me by the bands of my 1fother~."
  • 13. . PREFACE XI These lines alone are a revelation. They a1·e a fore- taste of the spirit from which Reverend Mother St. Pierre drew her inspiration. Exact fidelity, sincerity pushed to the limits of the most delicate shadings of truth, characterize these pages in which the authoress seems purposely to efface herself, to permit the holy Foundress herself unveil to us the divine mar-vels wrought in her soul. The humble biographer, with an intention inspired by divine grace, confines herself to following llother de lfatel in her supernatural states. A sister soul, Mother St. Pierre is at the greatest ease in penetrating those dazzling lights. Moreover, she possesses the rare secret of also making the reader enter without effort into these same dazzling lights. The facts which she relates are presented with perfect lucidity, in simple words hnbned with a seducing charm. · These few remarks were indispensable to prepare for reading the posthumous work of our regretted and ven- erated ~lother St. Pierre. She will now present this work to the reader. For we shall follow the notes which she prepared for the preface of her book. The holy Foundress, Thom the Incarnate 'Yord destined to reprodnce Himself here below in a religions Order which 'yould be a n ew r:.rtensirm of His Incarnation) as He Himself expressly asserted, was called to reproduce in her own life, the states of the hmnanized "Yord. Thus the existence of Jeanne de lIatel appears under different aspects. Sorne readers, enamoured by the super- natural, will see in her principally the great contemplative. Others, justly appreciating what the gift of suff.ering is to a soul, will praise in Jeanne the great Yictim of perse- cution: glories of the Transfiguration or sorrows of Geth- semani. Few will rest their minds exclusively on her role of a great Foundress. But all will be seized with admira- tion of her maryeJous nnderstanding of the Roly Scriptures, an understanding which was given to her supernaturally, together "ith the knowledge of the Latin language. For her, sacred science seems to haye no secrets. She penetrates the mea~ing of the Roly Scriptnres so wonder-
  • 14. X II PIŒF'.CI<J fnlly that. hesides nnme1·ons citations from them, she makes them the textm·e of ber own writings. Indeed, if her thonght is made clear only by the light of the DiYine Yord and her w1·itings m·e only a refiection from It, it is heeanse her soul is modeled after the soul of Christ, m1d he1· life rep1·oduced the human life of the 8ayior. As the life of J esns, so aJso that of )fother de )fatel had its l)eriod of p1·epm·ation. 'l'hiP. wns the liiddcn lifc. Then folJmy he1· lahors a8 Fonndre~s. 'rh is is the public l ifc. :Final1y ~npreme snffe1·ings mark the end of her existence a.nd cany he1·, like ~Tesus, to he1· Calyary. 'Ye do 110t enter here into details of facts which char- ncterize end1 on~ of these pe1·iods. 'l'he i·eader will be g1·ndnally introdneed to them. But what we rnnst note espeeialJy, is th at the ~n pernatm·al sheds on this admirable Jife a lnstre which never dims. From this point of Yiew, Jeanne was one ôf the most favo1·ed ~onls of her time. 'Ye owe to the wise clear sightecl- lle~s of he1· directol's, the i·iches she has left us by con- signing to w1·iting under ohedience the f~wors which God hlYi~hed U]Hm he1-. · 'rhose writings, which, eYen dnring the life of ~iother de 3Iate1, i·eceived the most authoritative sanctions, fo1·m the ehief source from which are d1·awn the mate1·ials of this 1·ecital. ~toreover, the authoress regretted not being able to cite in their entil-etv these sublime pages~ inimitable in style, sornetimes mutiJated, hnt rendered so sayory by the childlike grncefnlness and the supernatm·al unctio11 with whieh they are thoroughly jmpregnated. Bnt, even amicl these riches, we ~eek in vain for a nnmber of most inte1·esting facts which the holy Mother passed over in ' sile11te, betan~e they did not gl01·ify her Divine Dispenser aJ011e. 'l'hen<'e to hc more complete, lfother Saint Pierre c011snlte<l the J/a11 uscri}Jt .JIcm oir of lIother de Bély, a memoir wltielt tills the volnntary voids of the .A utographic Life of ~lother de lfntel. A nm1ll>er of new details, all 1·p<lo11rnli11g· to ltc1·, honor, ai·e the1·e related with scrnpnlous p1·Pcisen<·~N. Fm·therrn01·e, ns the holy Fonndress had t:eaNecl to w1·ite fo1· tcn ycm·~ hefore her death, H was neces-
  • 15. PilEFA.CE XIII sary to haYe recourse to other sources to relate t he last events of her life. It is to this precious JIan uscript that we mye the cbief materials of this history after the silence of the venerable ::lother up to her death. The authoress also utilized with great profit the Cor- respondence of )fother de )Iatel with her clirectors and with other personages renownecl for their influence and spirituality. _ She sometimes used âlso preiously published Lives of Jlotlœr de Jlatel. The passages which ha-ve been borrowed are citecl with indications of their source. Rel'. Father de Boissieu. S. J., printed at Lyons, in 1692, a Life of th e H oly F oundress. It is necessarily incom- plete. as it is rarely possible for eYents which are too recent to be presented in their full light. Another Father of the Society of J esus edited at Avignon. in 1743, a Life of Jloth cr de ~llate l. In it he is greatly aided by the .Autographie Life and by )fenioirs left by the first religions of the Incarnate Yorcl. In 1864. Prince Augustin Galitzin published a Life of Jeanne de )Iatel. He deriYed his materials from the best sources, especially from the last named work and frorn the original mmrnscripts. In 1882, there ·appeared a work on the r en- erable Jfotlzer de Jlatel. The anthor, Canon Penaud, in his preface declares that "'he hacl attempted to rnake the life complete. borrowing his method and materials from modern biography.., In the opinion of persons capable of judging the work of Canon Penaud, the author realized his plan. Therefore, at first sight, the reason for the Biography no"T presented does not appear, as )fother de )fatel has already bad serions and competent historians. HmYeYer there existed a void. So far none of the daughter8 of t]le Foundre~'.S had e-ver attempted t o repro- duce their ~Iother·s image as it lil'es in their own souls. Yet in a mother's visagp there are lineaments which only her children can see and express. The authoress of this book wished to paint lier o-wn )lother. She belieYed that God, by the voice of her Snperiors and Sisters, demanded this of her.
  • 16. Xff PREFACE Both in the letters of approval and in the beginning of this preface, the reacler has seen the opportuneness for the appearance of this work at the present time. I t has also been said how and to whom was confided the delicate task of editing it. It is offered to us as the fruit of patient and intelligent labor and of deep love for the Order of the Incarnate -nrord and of most filial Yeneration for its Foundress. 'Ye trui;;t tlrnt this work of the Re-verend and Venerated :Jiother Saint Pierre, which has been honored with such high approyals, may be received by all wüh the kindness which it merits. And we also pray that all readers may find in these page8 the light and comfort desired for them by the a11thoress while writing them for the glory of the Incarnate Yrord and of the Foundress of His Order. ' 'fHE RELIGIOUS OF THE IxcARNATE -nrORD OF THE lVIONASTERY OF LYONS.
  • 17. MY YEXERATED ~fOTHER: On a former occasion I told you with what iuterest I followed the preparation of the Life of the Venerable Uother .Jeanne de niatel, and vdth what edification I read the manu- script, which you kindly snbmitted to my perusal. I nOY beg to tell you hmY happy I am today to see com- pleted the work on which the dear and much regretted Superioress, whom our Divine :)faster snatched from you so suddenly and painfully, labored with such love and ·which after her you have continued with all the ardor of your filial piety. Te thus sec now fulfilled the ardent desire of your )Iother St. Pierre, who can never be forgotten. From the height of Heaven she must be smiling "Yith benevolence on the zeal and rork of her children, who have done things so well and promptly. · This thonght should give you joy and sweeten your mourning. But yon should be happy also in the thought that, henceforward, the great Jeanne de lfatel will be better known and, by the fact, more loved; that the recital of her cleeds, the publication of her virtues, words and writ- ing-s so manife~tly illnminated from on high, will be a f..;Ource of strength and encouragement for a great number of souls within· and withont her spiritual family.
  • 18. xn LETTERS OF APPROVAL The life of yonr admirable Foundress is oue of those in which we see in a marvelous 'vay the action of kind Providence tow·ards His children, and the truth of the Divine lfaster that not a hair falls from our head without His will and permission. How in all these events, om· good God shows Himself to be truly the Father 'Vl10se tenderness and solicitude extend to all the needs of His children, even to those needs 'Yhich in appem·ance are quite small. And above all, how touching here appeal's His conduct towards souls who give themselves to Him without reserve. Jeanne de llatel, as we can say with truth, lived in close intimacy with Hüu. She tasted fully of the sweets of that amazing familiarity called by the Imitation: "That familiarity exceedingly stnpendous." In her career there were two periods markedly distinct, her rrhabor and her Gardeu of Olives. The first is all resplendent with divine lights; and trials, althongh not absent, are temperecl by consolations which the trials, so to say, proportionally engender. But all at once, there eomes the obscurity of night, the voice of the Divine Spouse is hushed, the cross presses with all its weight on the ~houlders of the victim, the chalice of bitterness must be drained to the dregs. It is indeed the hour of dark?.iess. In the meanwhile, the heroic handmaid of the Lord grows ever greater before our eyes in these moment:-; of immense tribulations and unutterable anguish. Tt is thus that ~he must enter into her glory, and we. can apply to her the ,·ords which her adored Master said of Hirnself: ••W'"as it uot necessary for the Christ to suffe1· these things and thns enter into His Glory?" (Luke XXIV, 26.) These, my <leal' ~fother, are the great lessons which we dl'Ïnk in from yonr beantifnl l)Qok. By publishing it, you have done a goo<l and g1·eat work which will be blessed hy hcr to whof:;c glory you have de~tined it, and by her h_oly <langhters, who~ after having followed lier here below, now
  • 19. LETTERS OF APPROYAL XVII snrround her at the feet of the Lamb, as we haYe reason to hope. And here can I help thinking of the valiant and pions )Iother Saint Piene. who in this work found the greatest j oys of her hours passed on this earth of exile? The Incarnate Yorcl will rewarcl you as He rewards all good doue to the le:ist of His own. These are the sentiments with which I beo- Tou nff~ '- ' (.1 venerated :Jlother. to accept rny very sincere congratula- tions and the assm·ance of my humble and respectful de- voteduess in the H eai·t~ of J esus and )Jary. LEox H. EssEn-A) ) fitrecl Pr(ffO~t uf the Exempt and Honorable Collegi<lte Church of St. ~icholas. Fl'ibourg. December 27. 1D09. Feast of St. John the Enrngeljst.
  • 20. Archbjshopric of Lyons l1y REVEIŒND MOTHER: LYONS) J anu~ry 15, 1910. 'rhe letter of the Provost of St. Sicholas is an admirable resumé of the Life of Mother de ~1atel. There is nothing to add to such an important document, which you can place as a Preface., at the head of this publication. On my part, I thank God who gave His inspiration for this · beautiful w01·k to our venerated lfother Saint Pierre; that faithful religious, 'd10se virtues we have appreciated, was well worthy of composing this work. And .I congratulate you on your having accepted a heritage of. which your filial piety has known how to make such good use. · Sorne months ago, Our Sovereign Pontiff, Pius X, by beatifying our dear Jeanne D'Arc, celebrated the super- 1iatural action of God in the life of the 1Varrior Maid whom He had chosen to be the Deliverer of Orleans and of 1~1·ance. .And now we see, in a more restricted sphere, the Iifc of Mother de llatel depjcting the history of that Rame supcrnatural action, in a soul prepared by God to rcceive it and correspond '""ith it. In both cases, we see t·ca]jzed the promise of Our DivülC Savior: "Blessed are ihc elcm1 of heart, for they shall sec God." The pnrity of hcm·t, which shall l'cceive in Henven its eternal recom- J)(~nsc hy the heatific vision, ali·eady here below enjoys p1·h' ilPµ:e~ which the Didllr Lm·r of .Jr~ns Chri~t assures •
  • 21. LETTERS OF APPROVAL XIX to souls who have the understanding of His delicate atten- tions and advances. What lessons for an age in which materialism makes so many victims ! I cannot forget that Mother de Matel is one of the glories of the Diocese of Lyons, not only by the holiness of· her life, but also by the founding of the Religious Ortler which, during so many long JTears, has made known to legions of children the mys- teries of the Incarnate Word and all the riches o.f Chris- tian education and intelligent piety. We are indebted to this dear In1titute for the generations of valiant women, who, in all situations, have been the honor of the Catholic Church and of our fair Diocese. lfay the Lord J esus Christ, adored in the mystery of the Incarnation, deign to accept the homage of this work pnhlished for the glory and honor of His faithful servant, and to shower His blessings on your entire religious family. Such is the prayer of my respectful and paternal de- votedness. · PETER) CARDINAL ÜOULLIÉ) Archbishop of Lyons and Vienne, Primate of the Gauls.
  • 22. In the course of thi~ w01·k there are related miraculons deeds attributed to ~fother de Matel. Ye affirm that we have no intention to qualify these deeds. It does not per- tain to us to judge them. r_ro conform to the presCl'iptions of Home: we likewiRe dec:1are that the epithets Saint ~ncl r enerable are used by us only in the broad sense. 'ye have no intention of forestalling the dedsion of the Apostolic See whith al011e is competent to pronounce a decision in such matte1·s and to which the Author fully snbmits.
  • 23. CONTENTS PAGE DEDICATIOX iy TRA.."SL.TOR'S PREFACE ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- y PREF...CE _________________ ·--------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------· ix LETTERS OF APPROBATIO::__________________________________________________________________ -------- XY CHAPTER I Birth Early Years (L596-1611 )-----------------------------------·------------ 1 II The Epoch of Struggles (1611-1615 )---·------------------·--·--····-·-- 11 III The Fruits of Victory (1615-1618) ________________________________________ 23 IV The Ascent to the Highest :Iystic Summits (1618-1619) 33 V First :Ianifestations of the Designs of God (1619~1620) 44 YI Preparation of Jeanne for Her :lission (1620-1625 )-----:-· 59 YII The Beginning of the Congregation at Roanne (1625- 1627) ·--------------------------·-----------------------------·--------------·----------------- ' ., YIII Approbation of the Congregation-Its Establishment at Lyons (162ï-162S )------------------------------------------------------------------ 89 IX First Sojourn at Paris (1628-1632) ________________________________________ 108 X Return to Lyons (16.32-1 634) __________________________________________________ 139 XI "Jiother de :Iatel and the Opposition of :Ionsignor de Richelieu (1634-1637) ____________________________________________________________ 169 XII The Last Period of Vaiting (163ï-1639) ______________________________ 203 XIII Fonndation of the First :Ionastery of the Order of the Incarnate Vord (1639)---------------------------------------------------------- 220 XIV Sojourn at Lyons-Trials-Consolations (16-!0-1641) ____ 245 XV Seïzure of the Writings of lfother de :Iatel by :Ionsig- nor Alphonse de Richelieu, Archbishop of Lyons (1641) ------------------------------------------···-------------·-·-····· ·-··-----------·--·--· 262 XVI The Cardinal :Iinister and the Royal Court at Lyons (1642) -----------·······----·-·---------·---·····-·--·----------------·-·---------------------· 282 XVII The }Ionastery of Grenoble-Period of Obstacles (1643) --------------------·-···- -------------------------------- -----------·---------------- 302 XVIII Second J ourney to Avignon (1643 )----------······-··---------------·--· 323 XIX Foundation of the :Ionastery of Grenoble (1643) ____________ 336
  • 24. CONTENTS-Continued CHAPTER PAGE XX Fonndation of the Monastery of Paris (1643-1644) ·--------- 350 XXI Sojourn at Paris (1644-1648 )----------------------------------------·--------- 367 XXII The Monastery of Paris during the Troubles of the Fronde (1649-1652) ---·---------------------------------------·-------------------- 385 XXIII The Monastery of Paris during the Troubles of the Fronde (1652-1653) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 408 XXIV Establishment of the Monastery of Lyons (1653-1655) __ 433 XXV lIother de Matel's Last Sojourn at Paris ·(1663) __________ __ 462 XXVI The .Monastery of Paris-1Series of Trials (1663-1668) ____ 487 XXVII The Monastery of Paris-Persecntion (1669-1670) ________ 518 XXVIII On Calvary (1670-)-------------------------------------------------------------------- 534 XXIX It is Consummated (1670) ______________________________________________________ 553 XXX :VIiraculous Events ----------------------------------------------·--------------------- 570 XXXI Testimonials ---------------------------------------------- ----····------------ ---··------- 582 XXXII The Monastery of Paris after the Death of Mother de Matel (1G70-1672) ·-----------·-----------··-----·---·---·-----··-----------·--------- 602
  • 25. DOCUMENTS PAGE A-Petition of the Duchess de la Rocheguyon__________________________________ 624 B-Humble Petition to ::.Ionsignor de Richelieu Cardinal Arch- bishop of Lyons by the inhabitants of the city on behalf of the Daughters of the Incarnate 7"ord________________________________ 629 c -_pprobation of the Constitutions by the )Iost ReYerend and :..Iost Illustrious A.rchbishop of AYignon__________________________________ 6-13 D-Contirmation of the Constitutions by Pope Innocent X____________ 644 E-Letter of a Religions of the :..Ionastery of Paris______________________ 646 F-:-Contract for the Founding of the :.Ionastery of Lyons (1655) 6-±S G-Brief granting permission for :.Iother de ::datel to take the habit and make her yows Yhen she wishes without haY- ing to make any XoYitiate preYiously____________________________________ 652 H-Some particulars concerning :..Iother de :.Iatel and :::.fadame Roussea11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 654 I-Certificates of the clothing and the profession of the ReY- erend :.Iother Chezard de :..Iatel Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Yord__________________________________________________________________ 6;:> 7
  • 26. ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Portrait of Rev. :vrother Jeanne Chezard de Matel, Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word____.___._____Frontispiece Facsimile of the Record of Baptism of Jeanne Chezard de Matel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Church of St. Stephen at Roanne____________________________________ --------------------- 16 Chapel of the Old College of the Jesuit Fathers at Roanne in which Jeanne de Matel had many visions______________________________________ 67 Castle of Matel Restored------------------------------------------------------------··-·-------- 85 Facsimile of the Bull of Pope Urban VIII for the Monastery _of Lyons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 170 Facsimile of the Formula of Vows of ::vrother de ::.iateL______________ 18() Escutcheori on the Scapular of the Sisters of the Incarnate ·word 230 Portrait of Mother Margaret of Jesus Gibalin__________________________________254 Front of a part of the former Monastery of Avignon____________________ Side view of the Monastery of the Incarnate "rord of Lyons in the time of Mother de MateL____________________________________________________________ Portrait of Reverend Mother Jeanne Chezard de MateL______________ 56~ House at the foot of Gourguillon in which the :Wiracle took place ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 574 Heart of Mother de Matel, her autobiography, her books and varions objects used by her______________________________________________________________ 601 . Sicle view of the actual ·buildings of the former Monastery of the Incarnate Word. at Lyons______________________________________________________________ 620
  • 27. Cl-L- PTE H 1 Birth~-Early Years 159G-1Gll On the morning of November 6, 1596, in the city of Hoanue, two poor childreu, a boy of eight years and a little girl of six, knocked at the door of the siguorial mansion of the Chezards de Matel, to beg for alms. The charity of the mistress of this honse being universally lrnown, they hoped their appeal would not be vain. They are cordially welcomed· and are questioned concerning their names ·and family. Finally, they are requested to be spon· sors to the child of consolation whom God has just given to Lord and Lady de Matel. · By a -strange coïncidence the boy's name is J 9hn and the gïrl's, ,Jeanne, the Christian names of the father and mother of this child who is the object of so much solicitudc. All conspired towards a rcpetition of what Zachary wrote ___ of his own little prophet: ''John is bis name.m She was thence named Jeanne. Later. she remarks: "I have been called a name whicb means grace) so that I owe all my happiness to 'rhy grace, 0 my God ! 'By the grace of God I am what I am.'2 1 beseech Thee that it J?ay not be void in me and that it may remain in me forever."3 'Ve can imagine the amazement and delight of the poor little children ! This singular choice of baptismal sponsors was partially in fulfillment of the vows of her virtuous mother. For her, so far, the joys of motherhood had constantly been turned into tears of mourning. Of her four children, three had lived only long enough to receive Roly Baptism with its right to enter Paradise. 'I'he fourth had died be- fore seeing the light. 1Luke 1, 63. 21 Cor. XV, 1O. s.Autograpllic Lif0, cli, II.
  • 28. 2 LH'IC orj~ .JEANNE CHEZ.A.HD DE l'.I,ATEL lladame de l1atel, grief-stricken at the loss of her chil- dren, addressed herself to God and promised rfrh presents to the parish church for the altar of St. Anne, if at least one child whose life would be spared were given to hc1·. She had a]so. p1·omised to clothe it in white, in honor of St. Claude, and to have the child presented at the baptismal font by two poor persons in order to draw dow.n on its Jife the blessings of St. Francis of Assisi, the lover of poverty. God heard ber prayer and she fulfilled her vow to Rim. 'rhe paternal family was originally from Florence. Tt descénded from the ancient House of the Chezards which held a distinguished rank among tlie nobiÎity of T~scany. At the tiïne. of the League, an ancestor who had corne to the Court of France, 11ad procnred a position of gentleman in waiting of the Royal bed-chamber and had bequeathed this dignity to bis eldest son, John Chezard. The latter was a man of talent, honor, and courage, and was an object of the special benevolence of the King. Re be.came cap- tain of a company of light-horse and at its head he signal- ized his gallantry by rnany a glorious feat of arms. Loved and· honored by the prince he had a bright future before him. The moment appeared favorable for establishing a home. r:ro distinguish himself from the other Chezards, he pur- chased the signorial domain of lfate.l near Roanne, in the Lyo1rnais, and thence took the name of lfatel. Prudenre guided him in the choice of a wife. The memory of the Court and the selection he conld have made there did not influence him. He prepared to cull one of the most beauti- ful tlowers from the land which he had just pnrchased. Miss ~Teanne Chanrier brought him no titles of nobility, but she possessed, besides much wealth, what is worth more than all escutcheons- eminent virtnes, the best gifts of mind and heart. Not only had God been pleased to favor her most RpcC'ially, lmt by a p1·odigy, as the mernoirR of that epoch,_
  • 29. BIRTH--EARLY YE.dRS 3 tell us, He had shown His predilection for her. In her bYelfth year, 1fiss Chaurier was smitten with a grave malady. In Yain physicians succeeded one another in their watches at her pillow; the young girl expired amid the tears and sobs of those who surrounded her. .At this moment of supreme sorrow, the ardent faith of a mother does not hesitate to ask a miracle: "~fonsienr St. Clande," she cries, '"bring my daughter back to life !"1 And the child who had already been covered with a shroud cast it off and to the astonishment ·and joy of parents and friends who mourned her as dead, is restored to life. Her life, thnR miracnlously prolongecl, ";as to be a tissue of virtues ,and good works. ~Iadame de ~Iatel was a heroic Christian. God, who lovecl her specially, gave her no small share of trials. At each new affliction she repeated, "Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Roly Ghost ! Great 1lother of God ! Roly Mother of God ! I entrust myself to thee~"2 Her charit.r was no less great than her patience.. No sooner did she learn of the needs of the unfortunate than she sought to relieve and comfort them. Then she could not give money as ahns, she despoiled herself of her best garments to help the poor. lIr. de lIatel clid not alw·ays approve of such excessive generosity, but he was filled with admiration for his virtu- ous wife; and when she proposed to offer the child to God, if it lived, he willingly joinecl her in this solemn promise. Our Lord not only heard the prayers of the afflicted parents, but also granted them in a degree w·hich far sur- passed their expectations ~ although Satan, doubtless presaging the greatness of the divine mercies towards thi~ child of prayer, left nothing nntried to cause her to perish even before her birth. At first, he cansecl misnnclerstandings between the father and mother who had hitherto been perfectly nnited. lIr. de llatel retnn1ing from t!ie army and not fincling a jewel which he had been keeping as a securit.r for a debt, asked 1Autographic Life, ch. XLVI. 2Ibiclern.
  • 30. 4 LIF'E OF JE.AN NE CHEZ.AUD DE lI A'rEL bis wifc what had become of it. She replied tbat, assum- ing his permission and being touched by the tears of the 1 debtor, she restored the pledge to him. The impetuous cap- tain, enraged and forgetting the respect whirh he had ever shown his wife, strnck her a blow in the face and dis- lodged, with his diamond ring, her eye from its socket. Terrified at the sigbt of his deed he sent for a surgeon. 'rhe servants had gone but a few steps in the street, when they met an unknown person who offered to put the eye back in its place. He .operated with wonderful dexterity and retired without accepting any remuneration. The cap- tain sent a servant to follow him in order to Iearn where this doctor resided so that be might send him some ricli presents, but he was no sooner out of the house than he disappeared.1 This extraordin ary event seems to have been a recom- pense for the heroic patience of Madame de lfatel and a pledge of divine solicitude for the fruit of her womb. She did not even utter a word of complaint for the harsh treat- ment to which she had been subjected ! This severe trial so nfeekly borne by the pious lady, was soon to be followed by others not Jess painful and dangerous. lfr. de lfatel had again gone to the war. His bravery bad placed him in snch a perilous post that the arrival of each courier cansed his unhappy wife intense worry, lest she might learn of his death. This angnish lasted several months. Sleep almost deserted her and often her only nourishment was bread and water. Better news having at last arrived, hope was entertained for the safety of her life and that of the child. She had scarcely hegun to recuperate when one day messengers were specdily despatched to tell ber that her castle was on fi re. Forgetting the cl'itical condition of he1· health, l1adamc de lfatcl Rfauted in great haste, fell, mul burst a hlood ve:-;scl. Reemingly there was everything to fcar for the infant, but God was wntehiug over tha1 1Th e fa ct h; relatc>ù by Mother d e Bély in her Man uscript Memoir. Pa rt I, Cil , I.
  • 31. BinTH-EARLY YEAUS fruit of benediction, and six weeks later Jeanne de Matel 'n1s havpily born to the 'yorld on :November 6, 1596. " Te haYe alreacly seen how by a pi·ovidential coïncidence, - Fac- ~imile of the record of Baptism of Jeanne Chezard de n1atel taktn from the parish register of the Church of St. Stephen at Roanne. there presented themselves two poor children who were to hold the babe at the Baptismal font. That very day '"Jeanne was placed in the hands of innocent poverty to receie the Sacrament of Regeneration in the parish church of St. Stephen at Roanne.m Fr~nn that moment the sponsors became inmates qf the house where they were educated and brought up in the fear of God until they reached the age in which they were capable of earning a livelihood. 1.Autograpllic Lifè, ch. II.
  • 32. 6 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE :MATEL All Roanne, which had shared the affliction of Mr. and lfrs. de Matel, was filled with joy by this birth. Ancient memoirs even tell us that enernies were reconciled on the occasion of these general rejoicings. This was a happy augury of the blessings of which this child would be the object. Other rernarkable traits revealed themselves in the singular goodness of her character. Her nurse testified that she never heard the child cry during the year which she had care of her. - This nurse., when obliged to go out, feared not to leave her alone in her cradle; and on her return would find the child awaiting her with smiles and caresses. Ladies, attracted by her arniability, would take the child to their homes and she would make no resistance. She captivated all by her charming disposition, and, at the same time, astonished tbem by her- precocity. At nine months she walked alone and spoke distinctly. Her nurse affirmed ·th at she said: "lfamma, take care that I speak correctly.m The development and vivacity of her intellectual facul- ties were no less Jldmirable. From this awakening, things of the supernatnral order interested her singularly. What to do to enter Paradise, the way that leads to it, or occu- pation in it, were thoughts that aroused her childish anxiety. She asked questions e.specially from her godmother. The latter who was only six years older than he1· goddaughter, replied : "To get to Heaven, we must walk on a plank wh ich is no broader than a liair of our head."2 Truly a graphie illustration to show that the path to Heaven is narrow ! Jeanne wns disconcerted and asked how she could walk on this plank since she weighed more than a haïr eould snstain. The yonng catechist reassured her and said: "It i:;:; easy for the good, but the bad fall into an abyss which is below and is enlled hell."3 'Vhen she asked whai we do in P·araclif'e, the answer was that the Blessed are always Reated in glo1·y. 1.'he vivacity of the ehi1d became alarmed: iAutogrn p ll ic Li fc, ch . I I. 2/.ntographi c Li fc, c h . III. 3lh icl cm.
  • 33. BIRTH-EAULY YEARS ,... • "H ow cquld she stay sitting still forever ?" The presence of the good thief in Heayen eaused her to clread lest God, being so good, He might let Paradise be robbed. Thanks to such naiYe thoughtsl grace caused the soul of Jeanne to he penetrated "·ith horror for sin which leads to hell, and witb loYe for goodness which condncts to Heaven. In order not to ·weary imprudently an intelligence which was already too actire, Madame de Matel was umYilling that her daughter should learn to read before the comple- tion of her sixth year. Thus it was necessary for the child to memorize the pra.rers which she desirecl to recite. Vhen her father wished to keep her on his lap, a thing not easy in the case of his restless and petulant daughter, she would say, "I will stay with you on condition that you 'vill teach me the prayer which says that Our Lady is the palace of ~1 esus Christ, and the prayer to my good angel.m At the time these were ~Jeanne's favorite deYotions. Her confidence in the Blessed Virgin was so great that she had recourse to her in all her little afflictions, "promising to serve _her well if she delivered her from them."2 She even prayed to her to teach her dancing "becanse she did not wish to learn this from meii.m Great was the happi- ness of the pious child when she was permitted to learn to read. She recorded this memory in her autobiography: "r bounded with joy when I learned that my sixth year was completed. You know, dear Lord, with what feror of spirit I prayed to St. Catherine, Yirgin and :Martyr, to obtain for me the graee to learn to read soon, for Your glory and my salvation. I outstripped all the children of my age and surpassed the expectations of my parents whose love for me, which was already too great, now redoubled."4 Vhilst Jeanne saw the tenderness of her parents re- doubled on the occasion of her rapicl progress, God caused to shine in her mind, by means of the science which He reYeals to the lowly, the first gleam of one of those renrn1·k- able graces 'Yith which He wishecl to faor her. She found 1Autograph ic L ife, ch. II I. 2I b idem . 3l bidem . 4l b id e m.
  • 34. 8 LH~E OF' .JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE :MATEL a dozen detached leaves from the life of St. Catherine of Sienna and read them with avidity. Tt is there said that the Saint practiced the connsels of the Gospel. From this ~Jeanne conelnded that the Saint nrnlerstood Latin, and thinking tlrnt the Go~pel eould not 1Je i·ead in any other langnage, she immediately exclaimed: "Lord, if I nnder- stood the Latin of the Gospel, like this Saint, I would love You as much as she did.m She thought no more of what she thus said, but J esns took cognizance of her words. The day will corne when He will fulfill the condition which she has laid down and He will say to her: "I have done what thou hast desired of Me; now give Me what thou hast promised."2 At the age of seven ~leanne heard a sermon in which the preacher extolled the lJrerogatives of virginity. An ardent desire to possess this privilege :fired her young soul. At all costs she must particip~te in those favors. By desire, she ran in the steps of the Divine Lamb, to follow wherever He went in the fields of Heaven. 'l'his virginal advantage was not the less appreciated by the li ttle objector who rP-joiced in finding means .to escape from eternally sitting with the Blessed in Heaven. She asked·what she must do to be a virgin. 'rhenceforward she so firmly resolved not to marry that when a projec.t of a union for her came to her knowledge, she retired to weep over what she considered to be a misfortune. This love of virginity, although borrowing. childlike al- lurements from ~Jeanne's tender years, came nevertheless, from Heaven and in due tüne engendered in her soul an attraction for mortification which is its custodian. Hence- forth she fasted on the vigils of all the great feasts. Having reached the age of ten, she 'vished to fast during the whoh~ of l,ent. She says in her autobiographJ:: "I did this 'vith g1·eat courage, nlthough my intention was not pnrified, for T ha<l a Recret complacency in myself.m In spite of this <lefect which she discovered in her carly austerities, she 1 J u tograph ic L.ife, ch. III. :!Autographie Life, ch. IV. :: Jhirlc m.
  • 35. nmTH-EAULY YEAUS finds after her attainment of emincnt perfection that this generous beginning in the way of saçrifice is an indicàtion of nascent sanctity. J esus s~1rrounded that tender flower of virginity with the thorns of mortification, and shed ·upon it the most vivifying rays of His grare to give it growth anâ lustre. Jeanne was nearing her e]eyenth year when, in the com- pany of one of her little girl friends, shortly before Pente- cost, she went to the corn·ent of the Reverend Capuchin Fathers to Iearn from the porter who had a reputation for sanctity hmY many days those religions fast to prepare themselYes for receiing the Roly Ghost. The good Brother rcplied: '''Ye ·do not fast, but we abstain, from the Ascen- sion to Pentecost.'-' "Yell," replied the children, "'Ye will not only abstain but also fast during these ten days.m The Brother admired their courage and sa"T in this pre- cocious generosity a sign of an extraordinary vocation and exhorted them to persevere in their fervor and to take J esus Christ as their Spouse. He promised them that if they consecrated their whole heart to Our J_,ord, they would be tenderly loved and favored b,v Him. The "·ords of the pious Brother sank so deeply into their hearts, that on the spot they took the resolution to fast ev~ry Friday and Saturday. 011 returning to her home, Jeanne w-ïshed to relate to her companions the words of the good religions, when suddenl~· she became rapt_, in God. She, having never experienced anything like this, was ignorant of what a grace it was. But the flight in wbich her soul "·as carriecl away was so powerfuL the region to which it eleYated her so delightfuL that she woulcl haYe wished never to return to earth. She had no Yision bnt shc was tnught admirable things on the lon~ God wonld have for her and the ble~sings He would hm'e in store for her, if she eonseerateù her virginity to Him. Later she wrote: '·This was a thing which I could not utter. I was a chilcl of earth who could not speak the 1 This chik1. god<1aughter of :Madame de :Iatel, later becam e a Jay sister in the convent of B eaulieu of the Orcler of Fontevrault. Autographie Life, ch. V.
  • 36. 10 LIF'E 01,~ .JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE lIA'rEL language of Heaven, having then heard it only to admire it in myself."1 'rhis was the beginning of the many graces which J esus was. afterwards to shower on her in such profusion. The world will soon endeavor to draw from Him that heart on which He has formed designs of His great mercy. I t is to fortify her in advance that He gives her a glimpse of His divine tenderness for yirginal souls and for hers in particu- lar, and that He gives her a foretaste of the delights which àwait her if she remains entirely faithful to Him. To aid her in attaining this end He inspires her with great devo- tion to the Blessed Virgin and to the Blessed Sacrament. One day there fell into- her hands a collection of the miracles of the Blessed Virgin. vVhile reading it, Jeanne felt herself strongly hnpelled with the desire to serve that lovable. and powerfnl M:other and she resolved henceforth to recite ber Rosary daily. This practice drew down on ber so many graces that she always considered the moment she embraced it as a time when she began to have taste for piety. 'Vith this growth in fervor, there increased also the desire which was already so strong, of sharing in the divine banquet in which J esus nourishes souls with the Bread of Angels and the 'Vine which germinates virgins. But, alas ! to all her pleadings the sole answer she received was: "'Vhen yon will have attained your twelfth year." The re- qnired age having been at last reached the Divine Master entered into the heart He loved and fi1led it with an abundance of His celestia1 consolations. During the three yeai·s which followed this happy day, her only desire was to receive this heavenly manna and to give her 1ife for the love of Him who gave Himself wholly to her. She read with great affection the lives of the holy virgins aucl mm·ty1·s and ardently envied their lot. God 1·cse1·veù her foi· a martyrdom differcnt from that which she adrnired. 1t is not by the ha.nds of torturers but by love and sorrow that her martyrdom is to be consummated. lA utographic Life, ch. V.
  • 37. • CRAPTEH Il The Epoch of Struggles 1()11-1615 The enem:f of man kincl would like to drag all souls down into the infernal abyss. But when singular adYances of grace cause a presentiment of Goœs special faors, the wiles of Satan to ruin a soul are much more insidious. It ·was 1~ot surprising that ~Teanne de )Iatel was an object of his hatred. Interiorly, piety and deYotion were continually nourished and exterior13T she was guarded from all dangers by the Yigilance of a piou~ mother. But the old strategy of the archfiend suggests a plan "Thich, on two occàsions is · almost successful. His artifice is to haYe Jeanne removed from her home influence and thus to distract her mind from the thought of God. One of )ladame de "JiateFs sisters, who lived not far from Roanne, desired to take her niece with her for a time. The mother accecled. Jeanne was then fifteen years of age. ln order to make the visit more pleas- ant, this aunt surrounded her with young girls of her own age and rank. It "Tas a select circle but in the matter of devotion it was very inferior to the family of )ladame de )Jatel. In order to make herself agreeable to her new friends, Jeanne deYoted to games and frivolous enter- tainments the time which she had hitherto resered for the serdce of God. The feryor which filled her heart was soon replaced by -lukewarmness, and of her .pions practices, she retained only the daily recital of the Rosary. But, as she confesses, een this was said without attention. And she, who for a year had eujoyed the inestimable favor of ap- proaching the Roly Table eery eight days, received Com- munion only five times during a sojourn of five months. 'Ybat will become of ~Teanne's ardent piety and the great hopes entertained concerning her ! In truth, the course she has taken leads to the broad way and even to the abyss. 11
  • 38. 12 LIF~ OF .JEANNE CHEZARD DE MA'l'EL But God, Vho is watching over her, will rescue her. After such a prolonged absence Jeanne yearns to see her mother and she returns to Homme. Thither she goes but does not take back with her the piety aild recollection she had before her departure. The companions with whom formerly she loved to associate, are no longer pleasing to her. She finds congeniality only among the daughters of the great. Yet God designed to make use of her humble companions to lead her back to Himself. In spite of her disdain, they exert a beneficial influence over her which she cannot resist. The mere sight of them suggests salutary reflections and pious memories. As she says: "Finally, grace was stronger than nature; little by little I gave up the company of those who allured me to the vanities of the world, and I resumed my exercises of devotion.m Ilumiliated and saddened over the waste of precious time spent in dissipation, Jeanne again took up her pious exercises with all the ardor of youthful, inexperienced zeal. Daily she assisted at several Masses; she multiplied her vocal prayers to such an extent that she left no time for other occupations and often she found no leisure for the family repasts. Notwithstanding her own piety, Madame .de Matel could not approve such a course. Admonitions having been without effect, sbe had an understanding witb one of ber daughter's uncles, to mortify her by reprimanding her severely when she was not punctual for dinner. Jeanne complained of them to God, while shedding copious tears, and she said to Him naively: "I support all this for You. Devout girls, poor~r than I am, are far· happier; the time they spend in church is not spied upon.m Our Lord did not disdain to give consideration to these complaints which cause us to smile. To correct what was defective in the motives of · her chagrin, He made Jeanne understand that to pray it is not always necessary to be in a church or oratory, that she could pray while waiting on her mother and contributing, by her presence and amiabil- 1Autographic Life, ch. V I. 2Jbiùem.
  • 39. 'l'HE EPOCH OF STRUGGLES 13 ity, to the happiness of the family reunions. For three years she harmonized her pions exercises with her social and home duties; she was attentive and devoted to her mother and au example to .her sisters, so that she was the joy and edi- fication of all. This ficlelity to interior lights and to the practice of self-denial, strongly developed in Jeanne the desire to con- secrate herself to the service of God in the religious life. rn vain she appealed to her parents to permit her to put this desire into execution. ~Ir. de Matel would not by any means give his consent. These refusals saddened Jeanne, without shaking her resolution. She was confident that a day wonld corne when God would reconcile the heart of her father to the accomplishment of His divine will. Without her suspecting it, this had already been gained. Our Lord .made use of the opposition of Mr. de Matel, to b~·ing about the realization of His most special designs on this chosen soul. He called her, not merely to follow in the footsteps of one of the great patriarchs of the monastic life, but to open a new way for souls desirous of singularly belonging to the wrord of God made llan and of making a special profession of honoring and imitating Him. Before putting this divine plan into execution Providence endeavored to forge and temper the instrument. Suffering, humiliation, and re- pentance will be the refining :fires. Satan had already se~n the foiling of his projects to draw .Jeanne out of the path of perfection; but he had not aban- doned his purpose. YVhen an occasion for a new attack was presented, he did not fail to take advantage -of it. :Madame de llaters sister was to be married and nat- nrally Jeanne was expected to take part in the festivities. But the remembrance of the havoc which dissipation bad caused was still very vivid and having resolved to avoid such festivities in future, she excused herself and declined the invitation. Thus a great victory was gained. The enemy was not so easily disarmed. .Jeanne succeeded in absenting herself from the wedding. She could not escape from visit- ing, and herein a snare was laid for her. A relative of her annt's husband sought her company; infatuated with her
  • 40. 14 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE 11'.ATEL <:harming manner~, intelligence, and modesty, he was lavish of his admiration that so young a girl, living almost exclu- sively in her oratory, and chiefly occupied with matters of devotion, converse<l so agreeahly, thus combining social re- finement with the highest piety. · Unfortunately, these flattering speeches and vain compli- ments were repeated to Jeanne and this youthful heart of eighteen years, "susceptible," as she wrote later, " to cornpla- cency in h~rself and to condescendence in others,m was weakened by the poison of praise. She, who had refused so generously to be present at the wedding, allowe.d herself to be overcome by urgent invitatious to assist at the feast of St. Anne, Patroness of the place where her aunt resided. To appease her qualms of conscience she consulted her con- fessor, Father Parot .of the Society of J esus. He was of opinion that she ought not to refuse this satisfaction to her relatives. But to forearm her against any risk, he urged her to go to Roly Communion on the two consecutive feasts of St. ~James and St. Anne. Madame de Matel was glad to acquiesce in the desire of her sister. Everything concurred to favor the project and the visit was arranged. Rich dresses, which Jeanne rarely wore, having considered tbem out of harmony with the humility and simplicity which God desired of ber, were carefully selected. But she promised herself to be indif- ferent and persuaded herself that her object in wearing them was that she might not appear · singular. Once started down the road of concession, compromises followed in rapid succession. She argued with herself, that once at the festival, she must not refuse to dance; it would be un- becoming to make herself conspicuous among other- young ladies and be but a means of advertising her piety. No sooner was her arrival at the reunion announced than she was w~lcomed and invited to dance. She graciously accepted the invitation, but her first steps were halted by an accident. 'rhe b1ood rushed to her head and gushed frorn her nostrils. She retfred and with great difficulty sup- prcssed the effusion. Rccovering from her embarrassing 1Autographic Life, c h. VII.
  • 41. THE E POCH OF STfüJGGLES 15 situation, she returned to the ball-room and accepted an- o,ther invitation to dance, but the hemorrhage returned with eYen more violence. Jeanne was constrained to retire. This warning did not make her enter into herself. Less solicitous to inquire into the will of HeRen than to satisfy her own Yanity, she saw in the accident only an effect of excessive heat, and she planned to begin anew on the •morrow. In order not to scandalize those who had seen her play- ing and dancing, she . omittecl the Communion vhich her confessor recommended. Free from this salutary check, sbe lent herself with her natural charm and grace to frfrolous games and conversations, but without losing her habitual perfect modesty and decorum. All were capti- Yated by her and she was the object of so many fiattering .compliments that she said to herself, "You thought your- self ignorant of the ways of the world and now see how pleasing you are to all whom you meet.m H appily, while this flattered her V"anity, it could not satiate her heart. She confe~ses : '"I was pleasing to all,.but displeasing to myself out of fear of not being pleasing to God."2 Eight days were passed in these exterior pleasures and interior pains which Jeanne tried to quell by promising herself to put an end as soon as possible to this life of dis- sipation. Her half formed resolution was strengthened by another accident. A storm of great violenc·e broke out and up1>ooted many trees: in this cataclysm her harrowed con- science ~a"? a sign of the indignation of God against her. To appease it, she made more positive promises to God and arranged the date of her departure. "For the feast of Our Lady of the Angels, I shall be at Roanne and receive Com- munion to p:ain the inclulgence.m She kept her word. Hnt he1· return under the paternal i·oof <lid not restore either he1· fervor or the spirit of self- <1e11ial with Yhich her soul had been filled before her de- parture. Our Lord. from "Yhom she had turned away so giddily, after receiving so many marks of His·special love~ 1Autographic L ife, ch. YII. '.?Ibidem . :::Ib idem .
  • 42. 16 LIU'E Oli, JEAN!E CHEZARD DE MA'rEL Clrnrch of St. ~S t ep h en at Roanne
  • 43. THE EPOCH OF STilUGGLES 17 was now to show her the gravity of her inconstancy. She wished to resume her pions exercises. Instead of the happi- ness she formerly felt, she now experienced only distaste. ff she had heeded her feelings perhaps she W'ould have given np all of these exercises of devotion, but she was hindered l>y human respect from doing this. Hitherto, all Roanne had admired her piety. From her tender childhood, she had shü"wn such a desire of becoming a religions, that, as she thought, she should not allow her lukewarmness to be seen. Yhat she thonght she was concealing, was visible to all. Yhen heretofore, there had been opportunities to appear in company, she had always yielded to her aunt or to her younger sister her rights as the- eldest daughter of the house; now she rarely made any objection to accept invita- tions to evening parties. She could easily bave found a way to refuse her company but she did nothing of the. kind and readil~T acceded to the slightest requests. Then, in order to calm the reproaches of her conscience, she said to God: ••r w·ill be most mindful of Yon during the dance.m As soon as ~Jeanne appeared at these worldly reunions, Our Lord made Hirnself known to her, as she relates: ••Yith a presence which was ipxhdble to the e.res of my body but vü:;ible to the eyes of my spirit which kept saying in a char- itable tone: 'Y1rnt a fine figure you eut in the dance!' At these words, I blushed with shame; neYertheless the next <lay 1 had not the courage to resist when I was begged to 1·etn1·n."2 In the meanwhile God did not abandon ber. He snr- rounded this rash child with His unw·earying proteètion and permitted no evil thought to approach her. He imbued those who surTOUIHled her with such sentiments of respect that no one dared to addl'ess her with the frivolons expres- sions frequently nsed in snch a~semblies. But ~Jeanne, while protected from danger, was not im- mune from remor~e. After tasting the joys of the senTice of God, how could her present spirit of contradiction to 1Autographic Life, cl!. YIII. 2Ibidem.
  • 44. 18 I.H'I~ OF' JE.ANNE CHEZAltD DE ~I.A'l'EL God be otherwise than most painful? Her restless discon- tent soon showed itself outwardly. She, whose s'veetness and condescendence 4ad made her the angel of her home, now became uncongenial and dis- agreeable. All who came in contact with her seemed to be against her. She could not receive an admonition from her mother, without fancying that she was no longer loved by her. This torture seemed intolerable. There was but one remedy-tlwt of giving up worldly pastime.s; she pursued the contrary course. She says: a1 asked to go to see my aunt who 'vas sick in body, in the town where I myself had become sick in soui.m The arrival of ~Jeanne was a source of great pleasure to her aunt. This lady had been brought up in the home of Madame de Matel and was a daily witness of the goodness and piety of her niece. She had no idea that any motive but affectionate charity could have induced Jeanne to visit her; her heart feastecl on the consolations which she hoped to reap from her presence. But her expectations were doomed to disappointment. Instead of seeking to solace her aunt, Jeanne thought only of amusements, to which she devoted almost her entire time. The husband and mother-in-law of the sick lady were equally surprised. The aunt had offen related to them her niece's virtues and her attraction for the religions life, and now they said to her:. ''Your sister thinks that her daughter may become a reli- gions, but she is far from the spirit of that profession; shc is never with you in yonr illness."2 None of tho'se who 'vere astonished at Jeanne's conduct, let her suspect their disapprobation. But she coulcl not silence the reproaches of her conscience. Her Divine 1Ias- ter (l id Hot spare her. .As soon as shc began to enjoy herself she heard i·e-echoing in the depths of her hem·t these sting- ing words: ""' Vhnt a fine figure yon cnt in these gowns."g She did not misnu<lerstand these relmkes, but she replied to thcm only by ponting : "1Iay I not be allowed to recreatc 1 Au1ogTn.phic Life, cil . VIII. 2Jbiclem. 3l bidem.
  • 45. 'l'HE EPOCH OF S'l'RUGGLES 19 innoceutly like other young girls? Must they cull all the roses of enjoyrnent and I alone be pierced hy the thorns of my ~cTn vles aud Your i·epronches ?m l>uring these 1minfnl colloquies, what about the gaiety of the obstinate pleasure-seeker? Did her frolicsome corn panions surmise the secret of those interior contradictionf:? By ·no means, nothing exterior betrayed these combah:; i11 lier soul. As she tells us, "I watched over my interior and exterior.m 'Vhen she was alone, the struggle came back mo1·e te1·ribly and dedsively. 'J'he battle was being wagf:d, not for these passing pleasures, but for her vocation itself. On the one hand, the fear that by her neglect she mjght become criminal in the eyes of God and even of man, made her apprehensive of resisting the attraction which she had always felt for the religions life. On the other hand, the .fervent love that she formerly felt for solitude and morti- fication which she had considered the sweetest joys of life, was now replaced by disgust and pusillanimity. She feared that she could not endure the rigors of the cloister and she was alarmed at the thought of being confined there fm·ever. "I could not resolve," she says, "to face the austerity practised, as I thought, in religion. I suffered no tempta- tion and I had no thought of marriage. You had exempted me from every sensual sentiment and I had no knowledge of such things, but I dreaded to be shut in all my life, and T desired to be able to enjoy my liberty and freedom with- out anv feai· of constraint.·''3 .. . While a prey to these perplexities, the ungrateful child sometimes went so far as to regret that she had received so many special impulses of grace. "Oh, if I had not been born where devotion and piety were nurtured, I would not have giyen myself up to its practice. And if I bad not seen that little girl who lent me tbe book recording the miracles of Your Holy Mother, I would not uow be a prey to the . annoyances and sorrows in which I am entangled, as a eonsequence of following thm;e devotions. Alas, my God., l A utog r a phie Life, c h. VIII. 2lbidem. :nbh1em.
  • 46. 20 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZ.ARD DE llATEL if to deliver me from anxiety You would only make my father and mother say decidedly that they are unwilling for me to enter a couvent, I would be relieved of the appreheusions I feel lest I may have been unfaithful to You, and also of the shame I would suffer in the eyes of those who have known my aspirations.m However, grace had the last word. "Alas! what am I saying? Dear Lord, pardon a child who is· tempted aud troubled, and asks for what is contrary to her wel- fare. My God, I do not want to leave You and I do not waut to yield to these temptations, but give me strength to surmount them. I abandon myself to Your mercy. Have pity on me, although I am so unworthy of it.m Wbile thus tempted from within, Jeanne was also tor- mented from without. A woman in the service of her aunt, manifested a worldly affection for her. On many occasions she argued that she would do wrong to sacrifice her priv- ilegcs as the oldest child of her family, to become a religious; that she was too highly gifted to shut herself up in a cou- vent; that from her first sojourn in that locality, all saw her but to admire her. This flattery made an impression on a spirit already shaken, but Jeanne's pride did not permit her to show it, and she non-plussed the worldly- wise woman by replying with apparent firmness, "No, I wish to be a religions." A cousin also spok~ to Jeanne-in the same strain. This very frivolous young lady was most eager to bring her fnto ·contact with her own girl friends and thereby induce her to take part in their vain amusements. One day, with an indiscretion equal to her ·1evity, she confidentially related to Jeanne some of the criticisms which she had heard others pass upon her; they rema.rked that she did not now enter into the intentions of her own ~other, in giving so little of ber time to ber sick aunt and they thought that Madame de Matel had no cause to fear that Jeanne would be a religions. She added, with many caresses: "I beg you Hot to enter a couvent. 'Vlrnt wonld you do in a cloister? 1A n tographic Life, ch. VIII. 2Tbicl em.
  • 47. THE EPOCH OF STRUGGLES 21 Hemain in the world with us." "I make no promise," replied Jeanne, '·God calls me, and I will not be unfaithful to Him.''1 This time her ·words came from the heart. There was in the tone and manner in which she expressed herself, something that made her cousin realize that nothing would turn her away from her vocation. Unconsciously, this young feather-brained cousin irre- vocabl~y strengthened ,Jeanne in her vocation, for the startling revelation suddenly enlightened her. To render herself agreeable to creatures, she abandoned God and by her very infidelity to Him, she even displeased her friends. Her straightforward mind recognized ber own miscalcu- lation and she said :· ''Dear Lord, it is right for creatures to be disgusted with one who does not love as she ought her own Creator and theirs, and who from vain com- placency wished to abandon her Creator to adhere to them.m Jeanne immediately resolved to return tQ her mother and resume her former life of prayer and mortification, and to break away from all that would withdraw her from God. She was determined to profit by the painful experi-. ence of her own weakness. Relying on God's goodness, she said to Him: "It is in Your mercy that I place my hope ! I make You no pr01nise to fight with generosity. -nrithout You I can do nothing. You shall do all.m This humble avowal gave complete success to the de- signs of Providence. The indispensable foundation for the spiritual edifice was now solidly and deeply established. The intimate know1edge of the little or nothing she could do of herself, would aid her, through her wholê life, to ascribe to God the numberless benefits which she would receive from Him. lfany arguments were brougbt forth to compel Jeanne to alter her resolution; the inadvisability of undertaking a journey in the midst of the rigors of winter, etc., but she remained firm and nothing could make her defer her departure. After her return - to the paternal roof, she 1Autographic Life, ch. IX. 2Ibidem. 3Jbidem.
  • 48. 22 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE MATEL suffe1·ed for some time from the wounds inflicted on her :--;oul. She thought she read blame on every face, and that all shared the discontent which she felt with herself. 'Hie Divine Physician was to be the healer of these wounds. "On the first Sunday of Lent," relates Jeanne, ''it pleased You, 0 my Divine Flame, to enlighten me and to convert me entirely to Yourself. Yon then gave me a share in the victories which You did gloriously gain in the desert, and, on that day. You said to me: 'Place thy trust in lfe, I have vanquished thine enemies.' m The word of God is ever true and efficacious, it accom- plishes what it cornrnands. The struggle 'vas over and vic- tory was on the side of ~Tesus. )"e slrnll now see Him lavishing upon her the riches of His love and grace, to enrich His dear conquest, and dispose her for the realization of His designs upon her. lAutographic Life, ch. IX.
  • 49. CHAPTER Il I The Fruits of Victory 1615- 1618 Jeanne was not fullv aware of the numberless blessings~ ~ promised by the ..,.ord "..hich had delivered her from danger and put her enemies to flight. The :first effect produced hy her reawakening. was the arousing of indignation against herself. She fe1t so deeply her ingratitude to God, shown by her unfaithfulness to her pious practices, that she wished Ilis justice would pursue her with the utmost rigor. But the more she longed for severity, the more J esus showed His tenderness. '·rhat ! dear Lord/' she exclaimed, "You caress her who only a month ago said to You: 'Vhy do You call me to be devout?' and who seemed angry be- cause Your goodness had thought of her from eternity ! . . . It is not right for an ingrate to receive so many sweetnesses and to be treated "..ith lm..e: lea"e me in fear. and chastise my infidelities by the prfration of all con- solations, except such as are necessary for my salYation.'-·1 The issue of this struggle was not doubtful. The humble and repentant lo-ve which stripped itself, coulcl not pre- Yail against the generous and all powerful love which ,-dshed to gfre in abundance. These outpourings of an humble and contrite heart. far from hindering the lansh- ings of the God of mercies, only increased them. Xone could then foresee the length to which these divine liberal- ities would go. On the fi rst ~Jonday of Lent. in the year 1615, .Jeanne was assisting at ~lass. profoundly recollected and atten- tfre to each prayer of the priest. To he:r' intense aston- if'hment she understands. after the reading of the Epistle. the liturgical language. . . At the same moment. God vividly recalls to her mind that twelYe years before, she bacl assured Him that if He taught her to understancl J,Auto~raphic Life.1 çh, X. 23
  • 50. 24 LU'E OF JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE 1IATEL the Latin of the Gospel, she woulcl love Him as much as did St. Catherine of Sienna. She was now commanded to. fulfill her promise. Our Lord bad bestowed on ber the gift of understandiug the Latin language and the mystical ~ense of the Roly Seriptures. ':rhese were singular favors. The education of women, cven in the great age of Louis XIV, ordinarily included 011ly vel'y limited instruction. Fortunately, at that time there was, at least, no educational law which blocked the eareer marked out by Providence for girls of high 01· of mo(lest birth. If some snrpassed their cornpanions in 1iter-· m·y achievements, they owed these advantages to exceptional situations: their natural aptitudes had attracted the at- tention of a friend or interested the zeal of a relative. Not a few were under obligations to a priest for their eminence in literatnre or in the sciences. Madame de Sevigne lrnd her Abbé de Coulanges, and witt:v dames of that epoeh rejoiced in ·the atmosphere of Port-.Royal. But .Jeanne de lfatel had no such aids. And yet none the less 1-!he became a great writer, and, above all, a consummate theologian. 'I'his "~ealth of science which came to ~Teanne as quick as lightning and which was as lasting as the source from which it flowed, was., as is readily seen, more than a celestial condescendence. It was a means to the end proposed by the Incarnate 'Yord. Jt was the characteristic mal'k of His special grace, the radiant sketch of His mvn super- natm·al physiognomy. 'I'he Lord had predestined her to hecome, in a special nrnnner, the sponse of the Snbstantial 'Yord of the Father, and He gave her intelligence with 1·eganl to God's revea1ed wonl and even to the language in which the Chnl'ch p1·rse1·ves it. 'J'he "'Y01·<1 which pro- ('P<"lfl~ from H ÎN eterna1 Pi·inciple by the way of mHle1stan<1- i11g, wishcd the disti11gni~hi11g chm·aeteriRtit of thi~ f·qionFe of Ili~ to be a p;l'<l<'C Of ]ight Oll the divine lll.n~tCl'ÏCS arn1 of Î11tclligell('e with rrg·m'<1 to ihe rcvralcd 'Yord. IIe (h1 d~urd this to hC1· rcpeatcdly. One <lay Ile said to hel': ""My child, it is ~ry wish to ~peak to thce by füe Tioly Sc1·iptm·eR, nn<l by them thon
  • 51. THE FTIUITS OF YICTORY 25 wilt know My desires. I wish them to be the means of teaching thee what I desire from thee for My glory and that of My saints, for thy salnltion and that of thy neigh- bor. I spoke to the people in para~les and rarely withont p:uables did 1 speak. And, as for thee, 3ly well-beloYed, I wish to instrnct thee in ..Iy designs b~r the SeriIJtures, and by them to reyeal to thee )ly intention, and to explain to thee mysteries which are most adorable and most hidden from the minds of men.m The numerous and admirable writings of lfother de :Jiatel, from first to last, shüv the realization of this prom- ise. As one of her bio0 Ta1)hers yerT" J·ustlv savs: "Thev aret:i ~ t.I tl tl a tissue of texts from the old and the new Testament. She does not receive a communication from her Divine Spouse, paint a picture of a situation, or express a sentiment, with- out qnoting passages of our Roly Books to support or c'omplete her thought.m Such knovdedge and precise use of the Scriptures are eYidently abo-e all the natural powers of the memory or understanding of a human mind. The "Titings themselves of the venerable ~lother are eloquent witnesses of their inspiration. She _has presented the difficult sides of mys- teries pertaining to faith and morality, with rigorous orthodoxy,3 which, in . turn, borrow from the Scriptures their magnificence of style and graceful sh~pli city. "~e dwell on this fact because it gives the reason for tbe 'vonders which are its sequel, and because it shows, from the beginning, from what authority Jeanne received her mission. The sacred texts, cited wHh such appositeness and pro- fusion in the writings of Mother de lIatel, are given almost exclusiYely 1n Latin. She was so yersed in the language of the Church that when she expresses herself in French, Yords of Latin origin most frequently corne to her pen. 1Autograph ic Life, ch. X. 2The Yenerable lIother Jeanne de ::Iatel, by the Abbé Penaud, vol. I, ch . III. 3This estimate (sa.ving the reYerence due to the Church's clecision "hich has not yet interYene<l) is that of numerous theologians of differ- Pnt Orders from tlle days of :lother cle lIa tel to onr own.
  • 52. 2G LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZ.AUD DE MATEL Frequently she finds it necessary to gallicize Latin words in order to express her ideas in her mother tongue. ''Ordinarily," as she tells ns, "French terms have not the gracefulness of the Latin of the Roly Scripture. rl'his i:--; why it is hard for me to express my thoughts in Fl'Cnch terirn; of which I never made any study, as, indee<l, I never stndied any science except that of loving You, my Divine Love, Vho have wished to be my Teacher.m It was, above all, at the knowledge of this love that ~Tesus aimed, in illumining the rnind of the happy cou- vert, and, when she realized that she understood the texts of the Latin Missal, torrents of tears burst from her eyes. 8uch were the :first fruits of the new favor which was superadded to those which had preceded. God gave ber the joy of the gift of tears ! "My eyes had be{~ome foun- tains," she relates; "this gift of tears stayed with me for several years and was a cause of great joy. rrhe unction of the Spirit was so abnndant in my soul, that I found myself wholly consecrated to Your love."2 This was indeed a precious favor. But the goodness of .Jesus was not yet satisfied. "At the same time," she con- tinues, "You gave me the gift of prayer. I passed hours and hours in mental prayer without one distraction. From rhat day, You made me hate the things You hated, and love the things You loved. rrhe world and its vanities were<-- • placed under my feet. Solitude and silence were paradise to me. Frorn that day I saw myself and my former incli- nations transformed into Your desires."3 A transformation so sudden and so complete was evi- <lently the work of a powerful grace. To forewarn Jeanne against the risks which ber lrnmility might have to rnn on ncconnt of His generosities, God willed to grant them to 1ie1· in snch a manner that it was absolutely clear they were entfrely the effect of His munificence. Jeanne understood füis once for all, and constantly gave back to God the glory for the great things done by His infinite charity. From 1A 11 tog-rnph ic Life, c h . XXI. 2lbidem. 3lhid e m, ch. X.
  • 53. 'l'HE FRUITS OF VICTORY 27 that tirne she intoned the song of gratitude and love which to lier last breath she exhaled frorn her soul; she :filled the pages she left to us, with the harmony of this same pious hymn. The title of those pages is like a prelude to this canticle of humility: Inventory of the graces which the Divine Goodness lws given to me out of His pure liberality. By the light of these "Titings jotted down as we shall see, at the command of her superiors, we shall now follow eTeanne, as she rises, step by step, to the highest summits of contemplation and virtne. From her entry into these paths of prayer, we feel that he1: progress will not be of the ordinary kind. Her march forwarcl is guided by Rim 'Vl10 has placed her in these higher ways and He will be her only Teacher. ''Divine and charitable Love," she exclaims, "Yon Your- self wished to conduct me to the mount of myrrh aud the bill of incense. You taught me mental prayer and led me into the solitude of the soul. Having made me ·a mystic bee, You made me gather from Your sacred mysteries and the Roly Scriptures, -the honey of a thousand thoughts.m The mysteries of His Passion were the first lessons taught by the Incomparable Doctor to His Disciple, and so during the :first year He made her conceive an extreme horror for sin. The following year, He united her to His sufferings by such penetrating compassion that she could not sufficiently admire the effects of this grace: She says: "I felt myself trans:figured and transformecl into Your sorrows. In the garden, I sweated; at the pillar I felt the blows of the whi1) that eut You; at the carrying of the Cross I seemed ·to carr:y it with Yon, and on Calvary, I was cruci:fied with You."2 On Good Friday, at the moment when the preacher of the Passion pictured Our Lord with head büvecl down giving up the ghost, she felt herself so strongly attracted to follow Him that she wns about to ùreathe her last. But God gave her to understand that it was His will for her ~till to dwell in this world~ to procm·e His glory and the 1Autogrnphic Life, ch. XVIII. 2A u tographic Life, ch. XII.
  • 54. 28 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZAilD DE lIATEL ~alvation of many souls. 'l"'he next day, Iloly Saturdny, she so slrnred the sorrows of the Blessed Mother that Rev. Father Irenaeus of the Order of Capuchins, who was preach- ing on the Compassion of lfary, conld not help notici11g her in the audience and was struck by the deathlike pallor of her face. She appeared to him such a strHdng image of the :Mother of Sorrows that, as he gazed at her, he could not help exclaiming: Ecce ~ffater! "Behold the Mother !" J esus aftenYards made her penetrate more deeply the mystery of His Cross. He inundated her soul with lights on that masterpiece of His Divine 'Visdom which knew how to draw from death the source of life; from humiliation, triumph; from poverty, wealth; from obedience, a kingdom without end. Moreove1·, the glory of the Cross which she adored as the triumphal chariot of her amiable King, ap- peared to her so august, that, like St. Paul, she could not glory in anything but the Cross of Jesns Christ. Her actions coincided 'vith her feelings and sentiments. She was avid for sufferings and humiliations. At the thought of the blood he1· God had shed to save her soul and win her heart, she burned to pour out her own for love of Him. Having no hope to offer it up to Him by martyrdom, she made it ftow nnder redoubled blows of her severe disci- plines. ~rhe furnitnre and floor of her oratory received the imprints of these holy ansterities. Nothing else could sat- isfy her. Shc fasted frcqnently and wore a sort of hafr skirt. woven from cords and iron books w·hich to1·e he1· shoulders. Her fecble and delicate constitution conld not have long snstaincd snch penances. Her directors, whom she had not heretoforc thonght to consnlt abont these prac- tices, took information, and restrained ber ansterities. 'rhese mocle1·ations we1·e a real snffering for h~1._ 1'101·e- over, she became i11ge11ions in replaci11g fo1·hiddeu 11rncc1·a- tious by m01·tiftcntions not less admirahlr. Madame <le Mate] had ~d lwr hcart 011 giying her dangh- te1·s an edncation that " ·oul<l be th01·011gh and practicnl. Rhe, therefore, had them iTaiBt>d in the m·t of housekeeping, and assigned thcm to the varions ho11sehold dnties. She ernp1oycd sc1·vmli:s foi· the w01·k in the fields, in 01·dcr that
  • 55. 'l'HE FRUITS OF VICTORY 29 her daughters might learn to care for and govern a home. But whether from a predilection for her eldest daughter, or rather from having understood that the Lord had given to this child of grace the part of lf~ry, this admirable motber generally dispensed her from the occupations of lfartha. Jeanne, however, was clever in finding a way to work as much as her sisters, and to reserve for herself the more fatiguing and menial kinds of housework. She thus con- trived to have hot water brought to the place where the bread was baked in order that she rnight wash the dishes in secret. 'Vhile Jeanne gave herself up to humble services of this kind, her soul Yas overflowing vith joys and lights. If she went to the well to draw water, she was ravished by the memory of the charity of J esus while waiting for the sinful woman at the well of tJacob. She felt inebriated with ~he living water which He promised to that Samaritan woman, and, in a transport, besought Him to give ·it to her forever. Her tender llaster had a greater desire to inundate her soul with His graces than she had to receive them. Sorne- . times the memorv of her faults caused her to withdraw herself from thes~ consolations. Our "Lord seemed to suffer from these resistances and He reproached her for them. He said: "lly daughter, I love mercy more than sacrifice. Thy thoughts are as far from lfine as earth from Heaven. lfy thoughts for thee are thoughts of peace and joy. Thine are thought~ of war and affliction for sins which I have plunged into the sea of My precious blood and which lfy infinite charity has not only covered and sunk, but destr_o~'ed, so that they no longer e.xist. Receive l1y graces with Innnility and gratitude; suffer lle to love thee and to delight in pouriug forth on thee the overftow of the torrents of lIy g-oodness." She c011tin11es: " Seeing that my tearR had been dried by the ardor of Yom· love whieh had made me Rlwd them, I consented to Yom· plemmre: A byssus abyssum iu- . {~ . vor:at ni voce caractarum tuaruni : omnw excclsa tua et1 fluctus tui snpcr mr transicrnnt.1 "Abyss calleth 011 abyss lPs. 41, 8.
  • 56. 30 LIFE OF' .J EANNID CHIDZARD DID l1ATEL at the voie~ of thy fioodgates. Ail thy heights and thy billows have passed over me." Since it pleases You that the abyss of my sins must attract the abyss of Your mercies, and that my sins must be swallowed up in the ocean of Your loving goodness, I adore Your excesses and Jose my- self in them.m On this point, ·~Teanne became resigned. But another conftict, a combat of love and generosity, was fought be- tween her and her liberal Benefactor. How could she feel herself so loved and see herself so loaded with favors, and not multiply her deeds of gratitude? Yet, what can she give to her God, what can He do with ~vhat she gives? If He has no need of aught for Himself, yet He has said: "'Vhat yon do to the Ie.ast of Mine, you do to Me." These words infiame her heart with charity. She becomes the dis- tributor of her mother's gifts to the poor, and, by her gentle pleadings, she multiplies these alms. She imposes priva- tions on herself: three times a· week, she adroitly manages that the dishes servecl to herse.If be given to the poor. She, moreover, takcs up collections to assist them more abun- .dantly. -nrreathed in modesty which renders the graces of a young maiden of t'yenty years more attractive, she goes from door to door, accompanied by a respectable lady-friend, to beg alms for the poor. Corporal needs of her neighbor, however, were not those tlrnt most aroused her zeal. She had the interests of God and souls so mnch at heart that, Iike the Apostle, she seemed to have solititnde for an the clrnrches. She addressecl her- self to the saints of the Clrnrch triumphant, and conjured them to praise Gocl for her; in return, she presented to the Divi11e lIajesty her prayers and good works for the increase of their aceidental glo1·y. She offerccl 11nmerous snffrages fol' the relief of the souls of the Church snffe1·ing; in the :u'<lm· of hcr compassion, she implorcd the favm· of e11dnring füei1· paim~, in OI·der thnt thcy might hc delive1·ed from them. Hile multiplicd he1· supplications in hchnlf of O.ie mcmbers of the Chnn~h militant. She implorcd the divine mercy to 11 u togra phic Life, cl1. XIV.
  • 57. 'l'HE FRUITS 011~ VICTORY 31 give the life of grace to those who were depriveù of it, and to increase it in those who already possessed it. To aid souls in their countless needs, she exhausted all the formulas of prayer. Every day she recited the office of the Blessed lfother and that of the Roly Ghost, as well as the gradual psahns and the rosary. On Montlay, she added the office of the deaù. ~I'hese were only the short forms of her intercession. Her prayer began with the dawn and lasted till n'ight. No external occupation could interrupt it or distract he1· mind from the presence of God, or ber heart from His love, for "she could no longer love anything but Him in all things and all things in Him.m As this love for God increased, the virtues were admir- ably de,Teloped. The sight of ber nothingness became so clear, the feeling of ber impotence so deep, that Jeanne could not rely on berself for the smallest things. Never- theless, her courage 'vas not thus lessened. True l~mnility . .so far from weakening H, on the contrary multiplied it ten- fold. Hoping nothing from herself, she hÔped all fro1n the goodness of God, and the more incapable and feeble shc felt herself, the more she relied on the infinite power "Thich sbe kne-v could never fail her. rrhis confidence carried her to the height of magnanimity. If she"saw that God might be offended, she refrained from nothing that could prevent this evil. Sbe confesses that, ;voung and timid as she was, out- side of sin, she feared nothing created. The ardor of her faith equaled the firmness of her hope. To ber, revealed truths appeared luminously evident. To believe them was one of the great delights of her soul. She often repeated in a sweet transport: Testinwnia tua credi- 7Jilia facta sunt niniis. "'I'hy testimonies have been made exceedingly "Torthy of belief."2 On a foundation so broad and solid, a vast and sumptu- ons edifice can be raised. The Supreme Architect will now construct this temple with magnificent layers of precioul': ~toues. Ye shall follmv the progress of this masterpiece, withont stopping to study its marvels. ~ri1Ù~ ~~,~en~;able iAutographic Life, ch. XIII. ~Ps. XCII, 5.
  • 58. 32 LIFE OF JEANNE CHEZARD DE MATEL Mother, who will be our guide, while recording the graces she received, did not profess to elaborate a treatise on praye1·. As the tit1e of her antobiography indicates, she made an inventory of the divine mercies, and she relates them to Him 'Vl10 lavished them on ber. In the course o-f her recital, she thanks Him, "as He knows that she does the utmost violence to herself to write this book of ber life, He furnished the words which reveal His liberalities.m In fact, she narrates them in terms which experiencè alone can supply, and she depicts them in colors which render them in- telligible to all, in spite of their prodigious elevation. Humbly, therefore, with this pious l1other, shall we attempt to make an inventory ·of the riches imparted to her by her generous Benefactor. After admiring so many munifi- cences, we shall the more easily comprehend the sublimity of the mission for which God predestined her. 1Autographic Life, C'h. XX. •• ,. c ·~
  • 59. CHAPTER IV The Ascent to the Highest Mystic Summits 1618-lGlD Before we contemplate the snccessfre ascents by which, eYen during the days of her earthly pilgrimage, this great soul ·will be carried into the bosom of God, it is not un- timely to remark that if it is not given to all to rise to these heights, all can draY from these recitals new lights on the lo-ve our Divine Savior has for souls. If God does not bestow on all the same testimonials of His love, because His designs on all are not the same, it is certain that the advances, the devices, and even the prodigies of His grace by which He insures, for each one, the infinite happiness of Hearnn, will be througbout eternity the subject of aston- ishment and thanksgiYing, eYerl after the proofs of His in- comparable love giYen to all in His Incarnation, in His death and in the Holy Eucharist. Jeanne has tolcl us th~t her Divine Preceptor taught her how to make mental prayer and to cull frorn His sacred mysteries and the Scriptnres a thousand holy thoughts. For a time He applied her mind to the consideration of the truths of faith and taught her ho·w to penetrate these truths, without the aid of discursive reasoning~ by simple sight and a pure intention which filled her with light and joy. It was the gift of infused contemplation, that SYeet elevation of the soul unto God, b:~ God Himself. "You ga-ve me the part of 11ary," she says, ·•and hae not taken it away. From beams of light which radiated from Your Dfrine face and insinuatecl tbemseles into my mind, there proceecled an enlightenment which eleYated my soul into admirable con- templations. As :Jlagclalen was troubled about nothing, so rny spirit dYelt in Your presence, to hear Your dfrine word and at Your will walked with Yon among Your own mar- Yels. In this sweet contemplation _I found the one thing 33 ST. MARY'S SEMINARY LIBRARY Perryvl lie, M Issouri