
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I Birth and Family of Catharine Burton
- CHAPTER II The English Teresians at Antwerp
- CHAPTER III Introduction to her Autobiography
- CHAPTER IV Early Years
- CHAPTER V First Year of Illness
- CHAPTER VI First Year of Illness
- CHAPTER VII Continued Suffering
- CHAPTER VIII Consolations and patience
- CHAPTER IX Favours and Trials
- CHAPTER X First Devotion to St. Francis Xavier
- CHAPTER XI The ten Fridays repeated
- CHAPTER XII Miraculous Cure
- CHAPTER XIII A second miracle
- CHAPTER XIV Passing the Sea
- CHAPTER XV In the Noviceship
- CHAPTER XVI Advance in Prayer
- CHAPTER XVII Second year in the Noviceship
- CHAPTER XVIII Among the Professed
- CHAPTER XIX Employments and Crosses
- CHAPTER XX Sub-Prioress and Mistress of Novices
- CHAPTER XXI Union with God
- CHAPTER XXII Anecdotes of Religious Life
- CHAPTER XXIII Visions of Purgatory, Hell, and Heaven. The Spiritual Exercises
- CHAPTER XXIV Mary Xaveria when Prioress
- CHAPTER XXV Spiritual History
- CHAPTER XXVI Recollections of the Religious
- CHAPTER XXVII Confidence in God
- CHAPTER XXVIII Religious Virtues
- CHAPTER XXIX Last Sickness and Death
- CHAPTER XXX After Death
- APPENDIX
CHAPTER XXX - After Death
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I Birth and Family of Catharine Burton
- CHAPTER II The English Teresians at Antwerp
- CHAPTER III Introduction to her Autobiography
- CHAPTER IV Early Years
- CHAPTER V First Year of Illness
- CHAPTER VI First Year of Illness
- CHAPTER VII Continued Suffering
- CHAPTER VIII Consolations and patience
- CHAPTER IX Favours and Trials
- CHAPTER X First Devotion to St. Francis Xavier
- CHAPTER XI The ten Fridays repeated
- CHAPTER XII Miraculous Cure
- CHAPTER XIII A second miracle
- CHAPTER XIV Passing the Sea
- CHAPTER XV In the Noviceship
- CHAPTER XVI Advance in Prayer
- CHAPTER XVII Second year in the Noviceship
- CHAPTER XVIII Among the Professed
- CHAPTER XIX Employments and Crosses
- CHAPTER XX Sub-Prioress and Mistress of Novices
- CHAPTER XXI Union with God
- CHAPTER XXII Anecdotes of Religious Life
- CHAPTER XXIII Visions of Purgatory, Hell, and Heaven. The Spiritual Exercises
- CHAPTER XXIV Mary Xaveria when Prioress
- CHAPTER XXV Spiritual History
- CHAPTER XXVI Recollections of the Religious
- CHAPTER XXVII Confidence in God
- CHAPTER XXVIII Religious Virtues
- CHAPTER XXIX Last Sickness and Death
- CHAPTER XXX After Death
- APPENDIX
Summary
On the same day Mother Mary Xaveria died, a lady of Antwerp, who always had a particular respect for her, being alone in her oratory at her prayers recommending her soul to Almighty God, she found herself in an unusual peace and calm, whereas in the like occasions, when any of her acquaintance or friends died, she used to be seized with strange apprehensions and fears. The night following, being in bed, she saw suddenly the venerable Mother Mary Xaveria standing before her at the bed feet, in her habit, but with her face partly shaded. She saw on one side a resplendent star, which dazzled her eyes, though she could not discover whether the light came from the star or her body, the greatness of the glory took up her whole attention. The lady with great devotion cried out— ‘Dear Mother, pray for me, pray for me!’ after which she disappeared. The lady has ever since had a great deal of confidence in her intercession, and has recourse to her by several private devotions in her own necessities, and in the concerns of her family, and she is persuaded they have received many favours by this means. She was moved, about six months after this happened, to discover it to the Superior of the monastery for the comfort of the religious.
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- An English CarmeliteThe Life of Catharine Burton, Mother Mary Xaveria of the Angels, of the English Teresian Convent at Antwerp, pp. 263 - 271Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1876