Louise de Marillac (image used with permission of the Provincial Archives)
Today, we mark the feast day of St. Louise de Marillac, who died March 15, 1660.
“In the name of God, my dear Sister, reflect often that it is not enough to have good intentions or for our wills to be inclined to do good solely for the love of God because, when we received the commandment to love God with all our heart, we also received a second commandment which is to love our neighbor.”
(Louise de Marillac to Anne Hardemont, November 13, 1653. L.383 – Spiritual Writings of Louise de Marillac: Correspondence and Thoughts, edited and translated by Sr. Louise Sullivan, p. 434-435)
Links to related content on our blog:
Louise’s first letter to Vincent de Paul
Series of posts from 2013 with accounts of Louise’s canonization in 1934
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i have , what i believe to be an original oil portrait of st louise . i’m unsure of its age but it certainly has antiquity .
im happy to post a photograph if you’d like to see it ?
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Can you send a photo and any info you have to archives@doc.org? We would love to discuss it with you.
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many apologies i had no idea you’d responded to my original post .
I bought the painting 12 years ago from a private sale in England .
the seller had a friend who had bought a large old house in France and the painting came with the house , and gifted the painting to his friend .
the painting came to be in my possession because they were moving to a smaller house and the painting was too large .
I had the painting cleaned and repaired and it is clearly antiquated.
andrew
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