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Marguerite Bourgeoys è stata una religiosa francese; è venerata come santa dalla Chiesa cattolica.

Svolse il suo apostolato in Canada, dove si dedicò all'insegnamento e fondò l'istituto delle Suore della Congregazione di Nostra Signora. È stata beatificata da Papa Pio XII il 12 novembre 1950

proclamata santa da papa Giovanni Paolo II nel 1982.

La sua memoria liturgica cade il 12 gennaio. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. Aprile 1620 – 12. Gennaio 1700
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Marguerite Bourgeoys: Frasi in inglese

“It seems to me that we do not pay enough attention to prayer, for unless it arises from the heart which ought to be its centre, it is no more than a fruitless dream. Prayer ought to carry over into our thoughts, our words and our actions.”

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The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 169

“It seems to me that we are charcoal ready to be kindled and that Holy Communion is entirely suited to set us on fire. But when this charcoal is kindled only on the surface, as soon as it is set aside, it is extinguished. On the contrary, that which is fired all the way to the centre is not extinguished, but is consumed.”

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The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 204

“God is not satisfied if we preserve the love we owe our neighbour; we must preserve our neighbour in the love he ought to have for us.”

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The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 170

“It is true that all I have ever desired most deeply and what I still most ardently wish is that the great precept of the love of God above all things and of the neighbour as oneself be written in every heart.”

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The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 187

“Teaching is the work most suited to draw down the graces of God if it is done with purity of intention, without distinction between the poor and the rich, between relatives and friends and strangers, between the pretty and the ugly, the gentle and the grumblers, looking upon them all as drops of Our Lord’s blood.”

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The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 201

“When the heart is open to the sun of grace, we see flowers blossom in their fragrance; these are seen to have profited by the word of God.”

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The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 205

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