Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1854

pg 203       those little animals to suffer:  hence, she was known and loved by  
             all those innocent creatures, and they gave her little rest.  
                  We dare not assert that she had succeeded in making herself 
             understood by her calves or her sheep, but one might imagine that 
             she herself believed it, when one noticed the affectionate manner 
             in which she was continually speaking to them.  Dear good sister 
             whose pure and tender heart compassionated even the brute 
             creation, obtain for us from heaven, where you are now doubtless 
             rejoicing this day, the same simplicity, the same innocence of 
             manners, so that after your example we may also merit to obtain a 
             place amongst the blessed who are simple and pure of heart.
                  But, since it was the sovereign will, let us return once more 
             to the history of trials and crosses.  The chalice is not drained, 
             and those to whose lips it was presented were called to taste 
             something even more bitter than all that had gone before.