THOUGHTS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS =Nihil Obstat= REMIGIUS LAFORT, S. T. D. _Censor_ =Imprimatur= ✠JOHN CARDINAL FARLEY _Archbishop of New York_ NEW YORK, _October 22, 1915_ [Illustration: THE SERVANT OF GOD THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS _The Little Flower of Jesus_ ] THOUGHTS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS THE LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS CARMELITE OF THE MONASTERY OF LISIEUX, 1873-1897 TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH “PENSÉES” BY AN IRISH CARMELITE [Illustration] NEW YORK · PUBLISHED BY P. J. KENEDY & SONS · 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915 BY P. J. KENEDY & SONS THE · PLIMPTON · PRESS NORWOOD · MASS · U·S·A TO “PETITE THÉRÈSE” AND MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS A LITTLE TRIBUTE OF REVERENT AND LOVING GRATITUDE FROM CARMEL OF KILMACUD _June 9, 1914_ CONTENTS PAGE LOVE OF GOD 3 LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR 30 FAITH 40 HOPE 44 HUMILITY 50 DETACHMENT 71 MORTIFICATION 82 OBEDIENCE 95 POVERTY 97 CONFIDENCE 100 SELF-ABANDONMENT 115 GRATITUDE 124 ZEAL 130 SIMPLICITY 136 PRAYER 147 HOLY COMMUNION 157 SUFFERING 162 THE DIRECTION OF SOULS 180 THE BLESSED VIRGIN 188 VARIOUS SUBJECTS 190 PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF THE SERVANT OF GOD 211 THOUGHTS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS [Illustration] LOVE OF GOD Jesus!... I would so love Him! Love Him as never yet He has been loved.... IV LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS (_Her sister Pauline._) The science of love! Sweet is the echo of that word to the ear of my soul. I desire no other science. _Having given all my substance for it_, like the spouse in the Canticles, _I think that I have given nothing_.[1] HISTOIRE D’UNE AME, CH. VIII Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.