"[The Blessed Mother]...leads us to see in each other all the little virtues which make us dear to her, if we are sincere in our love of our Lord and of herself. No matter how ragged and unlovely a rosebush may be, it still has some bud upon it that has a lovely tint or a breath of fragrance, for which we like it, because the rose is so beautiful that a single petal is charming. So, if we strive to love heavenly things we become part of the family of the saints, and a tiny fragrance at least tells to whom we belong."
- Sister Rose Hawthorne, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
from Magnificat, August 2019
How lovely!
ReplyDeleteMagnificat always has the most interesting and meaningful snippets. Thank you for sharing these! I didn't realize that Hawthorne had a daughter religious.
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