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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Gethsemani Church
DESCRIPTION:THE FOUNDATION OF \nGETHSEMANI ABBEY \nBy Dom Eutropius Proust6 \n◊◊◊ \nWe left Louisville on the twentieth of December\, and were to arrive that \nevening at Bardstown. Here we were to call on the Jesuit Fathers\, who conducted \nthe College of St Joseph\, and to whom we had a letter of introduction from Mgr. \nFlaget. We should arrive by daylight at Bardstown\, which was twelve miles from \nGethsemani; but the unfavorable weather delayed us very much\, and we were yet \nnine miles from the town\, when a dark and dreary night set in. We did not stop to \ntake any nourishment by the wayside\, but refreshed ourselves as best we could\, in \nthe wagons\, with bread\, cheese and fruit. The good God supplied the drink. The \nrain did not cease to fall abundantly the entire day\, so that\, alighting from the \nwagons\, we resembled water rats that came out of the river. \nWe arrived at eleven o’clock. The streets were so full of water and mud that \nwe were knee-deep therein. We went directly to St Joseph’s College… Our difficulty \nwas to find the entrance\, for one could not see a yard ahead. Taking with me two \nIrish religious\, we made a circuit of the house to find the entrance…We kept on \nseeking and groping until we succeeded in finding the door. We knocked again and \nagain\, but no answer. Not knowing what to do\, we called aloud together the word \n“Trappist.” In this we were successful. As soon as the good fathers heard that word \nthey opened the windows. I told them who we were\, where we were going\, and that \nI had a letter of introduction to them from Mgr. Flaget\, asking them to give us \nlodging for the night. In an instant three or four of the fathers arose\, with as many \nbrothers\, and the doors were opened for us. A good fire was made in the hall\, and \nthe brothers prepared for us something to eat. At the end of half an hour we were \nled into the refectory\, where we took at the same time our breakfast\, dinner and \nsupper. \nThe following day\, having heard Holy Mass and received Holy Communion\, \nour conductors arrived\, with a new wagon\, borrowed by them at Bardstown. After \nthanking our hosts for their kind hospitality\, we installed ourselves in the wagons \nand pursued our way to Gethsemani. About two o’clock in the afternoon\, we \narrived at the entrance of a large forest\, after passing the little village of New Haven \non the Nashville Railroad. We were informed that this was the beginning of our \nproperty. It is difficult to express the feelings that this announcement produced in \nour souls. I had the wagons stop. Falling on our knees we recited a “Pater and Ave” \nto salute the good guardian angels of Gethsemani; and we kissed the earth soon to \nbe watered by our sweat and even by our tears. We re-entered our wagons and \ncontinued our journey through the woods for three-quarters of an hour. Our hearts \nswelled with emotion. With what feelings of joy and admiration\, did we not \ncontemplate these magnificent woods. We were astonished in finding ourselves so \nrich\, after having made the vow of poverty…We climbed a hill on which are situated \nwooden cottages\, declining with age. We were going to find at last the crib of our \nDivine Saviour at Bethlehem. Such\, too\, were the thoughts of all our religious. \nThey were in transports of joy in beholding these ten or twelve cottages\, thrown \nhere and there on the sloping hillside\, facing the sun. These composed the entire \nmonastery of Gethsemani.
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