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\u201cShe was a woman upright, outright; her will was bent at God\u201d.<\/p>\n
It is unfortunate that few of us at Rivier ever knew Sister Madeleine of Jesus. Her death brought the realization,\u00a0however brief, that someone\u2019s personal dream, the dream of a woman of vitality, of warmth and tremendous foresight who was idealistic enough to envision a college where there was none, and forceful enough to nurture it into existence.<\/p>\n
It was one of those Christian paradoxes, to which she was also so dedicated that she should have to leave \u201cher own Rivier\u201d as a result of the amount of work and pressure which the beginnings of it entailed.<\/p>\n
Her illness, from the time of her leaving\u00a0to the event of her death, was a true example of the death to self which is God\u2019s greatest glory in any endeavor.<\/p>\n
That we should have known so little of her then, is in a certain sense the best that we could have chosen to give her. An added cross. An added source of joy.<\/p>\n
Quoted by Sister Marie-Madeleine of Jesus, p.m. to the Rivier Students 1933-1946<\/p>\n
\u201cWorthy ideals will become the possession of the pupil largely through the silent operation of inspiring example on the part of teachers whose own lives are regulated by these ideals.\u201d<\/p>\n
“True education is self-education.\u00a0 No self-development without self-denial.”<\/p>\n
“There is no road to peace and contentment which is not characterized by self-discipline.”<\/p>\n
“There is one field in which the religious need put no limit to his vaulting ambition, namely the spiritual life through PRAYER.”<\/p>\n
\u201cBreadth of knowledge is obtained at the expense of independent individual training in finding facts, sifting them, and drawing accurate conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReligion\u00a0is the natural sublimatum of human desires, always possible and always effective, no matter how great the calamities
\nthat confront us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe philosophy of a man\u2019s life is the supreme purpose which actuates him in living, and the means which he uses in his efforts to achieve that purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us cling to Christ and there will always be music in our souls.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGod helps those who help themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s trust ALL to the Heart of Jesus–perfect confidence in Him as a wonder-worker.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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