Pauline Martin writes to her sister Thérèse on 7 January 1889: "You fill my heart with joy; I would really cry with joy when seeing that my little daughter, the dearest, holds nothing back in her holocaust… She is saying just like the Spouse in the Canticles: 'Come, my Beloved, let us go down into our garden'..." On 10 January, Thérèse was clothed in the holy habit of Carmel.

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With the beginning of the penitent season of Advent, I will be fasting from social media (including my tumblr, Discord, and this Mastodon account) every Friday and every Sunday.

We’ll see how it goes. It may even make a return during the Lenten season. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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