PN 2
1 Oh! what a happy birthday We are celebrating on this beautiful day! To our good and loving Mother Let us sing, let us sing all our love.
2 For sixty years now on earth, Divine Jesus, you have gazed on A flower very dear to you. You water it with your graces.
3 Jesus, your sweet-smelling flower Has gained many hearts for you. In this valley she has gathered A beautiful harvest of flowers.
4 Divine Jesus, in our Heavenly Homeland You will know how to reward her. We will see you crown her With the harvest she has gathered.
5 Jesus, your Rose is the Mother Who directs our childlike hearts. Deign to listen to their prayer: May they celebrate her eightieth birthday! The three little novices Sr. Thérèse of the Child Jesus Sr. Martha of Jesus Sr. Marie-Madeleine February 20 in the year of our Lord 1894
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To Our Mistress and Dear Motherfor her Sixtieth Birthday
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dating: February 20, 1894 addressee: Marie de Gonzague |