He promised always to remember this spiritual sister when saying Mass, and the choice fell upon me. Teresa to ask for a sister who would devote herself specially to his salvation, and to the salvation of his future flock. It was washing day, and I was busy at my work, when Mother Agnes of Jesus, then Prioress, called me aside and read me a letter from a young Seminarist, in which he said he had been inspired by St. Teresa, sent my first brother as a gift for my feast. I should like to tell you, dear Mother, how Our Divine Master fulfilled my desire. Yet God went beyond my dream I only asked for one brother who would remember me each day at the Holy Altar, and He has united me in the bonds of spiritual friendship with two of His apostles. I greatly regretted being deprived of this joy. I often used to think that if my little brothers had not gone to Heaven, I should have had the happiness of seeing them at the Altar. For years I had cherished a longing which seemed impossible of realisation-to have a brother a Priest. It is not only when He is about to send me some trial that Our Lord gives me warning and awakens my desire for it.
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