It is said of Mother Mary Veronica, a founding member of the Cleveland monastery of Poor Clare Colettines: In all her instructions and conversations she endeavored to inflame the hearts of her subjects with true devotion. When she spoke of the love and goodness of God in the Blessed Sacrament, and the ineffable grace of being a spouse of our divine Lord, she could not control her emotion and her tears made more impression on her listeners than did her inflamed words. When receiving Holy Communion, she seemed neither to see nor to hear what went on about her, and the tears which streamed from her eyes bore witness to the love which burned within her heart.