August 17, 1852 ~ Philippine writes to her sister Euphrosine, "Yesterday I received the Last Sacraments. I am leaving you sorrowfully because you are all alone. But God has promised the hundredfold to those who leave father and mother for His sake, and you deserve this, too, for your sacrifices were greater than any made by your children. Courage, then. One is always the richer for having made sacrifices for God. I carry into eternity my memory of your children and you. Adieu."
Taken from the book: Through the Year with Philippine Duchesne
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