The Fiery Meditations of a Soul Inflamed with Love (Part 2)

Mother Mectilde on Confession, frequent Communion, and lack of feelings

The spiritual master Mother Mectilde of the Blessed Sacrament (1614-1698) has a profound reverence for the sacrament of Penance, which she regards as an opportunity of holy humiliation and even a kind of annihilation, but ultimately an encounter with an enveloping divine mercy—and, as if joining the lofitiest summit to the closest street corner, she off…