No; they must ever remain
in Himself, being of a nature not to be described, by reason of their
purity and immensity.

I was often to all appearance at the point of death. I fell into
convulsions from violent pains which lasted a long time with violence.
Father La Combe administered the sacrament to me, the Prioress of the
Ursulines having desired him to do it. I was well satisfied to die, as
was he also in the expectation of my departure. For, being united in
God after a manner so pure, and so spiritual, death could not separate
us. On the contrary it would have more closely united us. Father La
Combe, who was on his knees at my bedside, remarking the change of my
countenance, and how my eyes faded, seemed ready to give me up, when
God inspired him to lift up his hands, and with a strong voice, which
was heard by all who were in my room, at that time almost full, to
command death to relinquish its hold. Instantly it seemed to be
stopped. Thus God was pleased wonderfully to raise me up again; yet for
a long time I continued extremely weak, during all of which our Lord
gave me new testimonies of His love. How many times was He pleased to
make use of His servant to restore me to life, when I was almost on the
very point of expiring! As they saw that my sickness and pain did not
entirely end, they judged that the air of the lake on which the convent
was situated, was very prejudicial to my constitution. They concluded
that it would be necessary for me to remove.

During my indisposition, our Lord put it into the heart of Father La
Combe to establish a hospital in this place for the poor people seized
with maladies, to institute also a committee or congregation of ladies
to furnish such as could not leave their families to go to the hospital
with the means of subsistence during their illness, after the manner of
France, there having been yet no institution of this kind in that
country. Willingly did I enter into it; and without any other fund than
Providence and some useless rooms which a gentleman of the town gave
us, we began it. We dedicated it to the holy Child Jesus, and He was
pleased to give the first beds to it from my pension. He gave such a
blessing that several other persons joined us in this charity. In a
short time there were nearly twelve beds in it and three persons of
great piety gave themselves to this hospital to serve it, who, without
any salary, consecrated themselves to the service of the poor patient