April 20
Odette (1134–1156)
Religious
Practical advice
With simplicity and joy, help with a household task that you normally leave to others like someone who works and prays under the loving gaze of God.
Biography
She was barely twenty-five years old when she died in the convent of Good Hope in Belgium after a frustrated engagement. Taken against her will before the altar, she answered: “No, never,” when asked if she accepted the knight Simón as her husband. She then cut off the tip of her nose to ward off potential suitors.
Example of
PrayerHopeConsecrated life