Als Théophane Chorknabe geworden war, sah er den Priester, der ihn getauft hatte, insgeheim voller Neid am Altar die Messe feiern; seine Mutter hatte ihm erklärt, was die Messe und das Priesteramt bedeuteten. ###>Théophane became an altar boy, and looked with secret envy upon the priest who had baptized him, officiating at the altar. His mother had explained to him what the Mass and the priesthood were.