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Whoever wishes to listen well to divine speech must enclose
himself in great silence !
Umilt? though from a rich and noble family, was illiterate. One
day, in fun, the other Sisters asked her to read. She obeyed humbly
and from her mouth came words of the highest things, yet none of
which were to be found written in the book from which she supposedly
read.
What she said was, ' Do not despise the work of God, which is
always true and just, though it is hard. In heaven shall be raised
what is always humble '. Was she inspired? She was taught, humbly,
to read and to write in Latin by her sisters, and her Sermons
testify to the richness of her mind.
Umilt?became ill with cancer of the kidneys, causing a nauseous
smell from her rotting flesh. She begged God that, if it were his
will, he would not inflict such disturbance upon the nursing
Sisters. Immediately the Infirmarian Sister saw that the wound had
healed.
In her four years at St Perpetua she gained esteem and
admiration. She felt the need for more isolation, for the life of a
hermit. In the night a mysterious voice whispered, 'Soror Humilitas,
surge; meque sequere,' 'Rise up, Sister Umilt? and follow me'. She
did not ask 'Who are you? Where are you taking me?' Instead,
quickly, she made the sign of the cross and dressed for travel,
taking her Office book and leaving it on the high wall of the
monastery, where it was found the next day in evidence of this
impossible and mysterious flight. The doors had remained locked all
night. Yet Umilt? crossing the river, had remained dry.
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