Esther, wet nurse of Johanna of Chuza
"I received her from her mother’s womb… I was a servant and I was married, and I had a child one month old and I suckled her, because her mother was very weak and could not… I acted as her mother when she became an orphan and she could hardly say mummy. I have grown old and wrinkled watching at her bedside when she was ill… I dressed her as a bride and led her to her nuptial bed… I smiled at her hopes of becoming a mother… I wept with her over her dead baby…"[2]She pleads to Jesus to heal her mistress,[3] which will be done.[4]
Character and Appearance
Apostolic Path
As a disciple, she will be among the holy women active at the dawn of the Resurrection.[6]
Her name
Esther (Estér) is a name coming from the Persian *stareh* which means "star," taken as a symbol of beauty. - Historical reference: Queen Esther chosen by the King of Persia who had to intervene to to save her people destined for destruction.
Where is she mentioned in the work?
GRM 99 GRM 619 GRM 622