Thoughts of Saint Thérèse of the Child JesusThérèse, de Lisieux, Saint
Religion
Thoughts of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
Thérèse, de Lisieux, Saint
Meditations
The Prophet tells us that _the Lord God shall call His servants
by_ ANOTHER NAME; [2] and we read in St. John: _"To him that
overcometh, I will give . . . a white counter, and in the
counter a new name written, which no man knoweth but he that
receiveth."_ [3] It is in Heaven, therefore, that we shall know
our titles of nobility. Then _shall each one receive from God
the praise that he merits,_ [4] and he who upon earth will have
made choice of being the poorest and the most unknown for love
of our Lord, he will be the first, the noblest and the richest.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. VI
[1] _Imit._, III, xxiv, 2.
[2] Is., lxv, 15.
[3] Apoc., ii, 17.
[4] _Cf_. I Cor., iv, 5.
I THANK my Jesus for making me walk in darkness; in it I am
wrapped in profound peace. Willingly I consent to stay, during
the whole of my religious life, in this sombre tunnel into which
He has made me enter; I desire only that my darkness may win
light for sinners.
IV LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
IN this world we must not become attached to anything--not even
things the most innocent, for they fail us at the moment when we
are least expecting it. The eternal alone can satisfy us.
I LETTER TO SR. MARIE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR
THIS prayer she bore upon her heart on the day of her
Profession:
"O Jesus, my Divine Spouse, grant that the robe of my baptism be
never sullied! Take me, rather than suffer me here below to
stain my soul by committing the slightest wilful fault. May I
never seek nor ever find but Thee alone! May all creatures be
nothing to me, and I nothing to them! May no earthly thing
disturb my peace!
. . . . . . .
"Grant that I fulfil my engagements in all their perfection;
that none concern themselves about me; that I may be trodden
underfoot, forgotten, as a little grain of sand. I offer myself
to Thee, O Well-Beloved, that Thou mayst ever perfectly
accomplish Thy holy will in me, without let or hindrance from
creatures."
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. VIII
WITH jealous care all must be kept for Jesus; it is so good to
work for Him, and for Him alone! How joyous then the heart and
how buoyant the spirit! . . .
VI LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
I HAVE never wished for human glory, contempt it was, that had
attraction for my heart; but having recognized that this again
was too glorious for me, I ardently desire to be forgotten.
VII LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
IF you only knew to what a degree I wish to be indifferent to
the things of the earth! What matters to me all created beauty?
I should be truly unfortunate were I to possess it. Oh! how
great, how noble, seems my heart when I look at it in relation
to this world's goods, since all of them put together could
never satisfy it; but when I consider it with reference to
Jesus, how _small_ it then appears to me.
II LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
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