Every morning,

Mother Assumpta,

queenlike

and

gracious,

led her fellow sisters

down the center aisle

of the chapel

to receive Holy Communion.

Heavily burdened

as Mother Superior

of St. Vincent’s,

she had little time to be

with orphaned children.

Yet, when summoned

to her office

on an upper floor

of the main building,

children found delight

in her gracious smiles.

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Whenever called there,

I had the feeling

of being high in the sky,

and

that Heaven lay

just outside her window sills!