Category: Mectilde de Bar

Be nothing and await all from God

This text of Mother Mectilde demonstrates her assimilation of the purest monastic doctrine. The beautiful image of Mother Mectilde is a detail of the painting...

Repose in the Heart of Jesus

In this letter to her friend, Marguerite, the beleaguered Duchess of Orléans, Mother Mectilde du Saint-Sacrement instructs her on the inner repose and joy that...

Reparation for those who are without love

Today I conclude my translation of Mother Mectilde’s introduction to her Constitutions on the Rule of Saint Benedict adding again, something in the way of...

Adoration and Reparation for Priests

Today I am continuing my translation of Mother Mectilde’s introduction to her Constitutions on the Rule of Saint Benedict and, once again, adding something in...