-“A more profound penetration into the mystery of the passion of the Lord … culminated with Easter Sunday wherein the Spouse conceded his beloved - Sister Veronica felt loved by such love and desired to respond! - a singular grace. This treats of the mystical betrothal for which she had been preparing for some time. It was very significant that this occurred the day that signals the triumph of life over death by way of the naked Cross. She lived the Paschal Night in a vigil of prayer and as immediate preparation, as a crescendo of desire for Him that reached its culmination at the moment of Eucharistic communion. In actual fact, the visits of the Lord to Sister Veronica almost always coincided with the reception of the Body of Christ, and in a certain sense, were more obvious when she drew near to the Sacrament.” - Sister Chiara Giovanna Cremaschi O.S.C., Poor Clare historian, speaking of St. Veronica Giuliani [see July 10th]