Today is the feast of St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus. The Assumption examiners are considering the meaning of John chapter 14 for their lives, so I thought I might draw attention to this quote from Marie Eugenie contained in the Chapters of 1878.
You have the direct teaching of Our Lord. "That the world may know that I love the Father. Arise, let us go from here" (John 14:31) This means let us go to meet sacrifice so the world will know that I love my Father. Sacrifice is therefore the sign, the fruit and the characteristic of love. Why include mortification with charity? At Easter, must we speak of mortification? Yes, because this is a virtue which must be practiced every day in the Christian and religious life. Christian life has a basis of mortification and what best suits the daughters of the Assumption is the mortification proposed by the feast of the Resurection.
To live in the divine life, we must mortify ourselves ...true charity cannot exist without a spirit of mortification and sacrifice.
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