LOVE alone have I ever given to the good God, with love He will repay me.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. XII
ALL that I have written regarding my desire of suffering is most true; oh! I do not repent of having surrendered myself to Love.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. XII
JESUS! Jesus! if it be so sweet to desire Thy Love, what will it be to possess and to enjoy it for ever!
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. XI
O JESUS! could I but tell all little souls of Thine ineffable condescension! . . . I feel that if it were possible to find one more weak than mine Thou wouldst take delight in showering upon her greater favours still, provided that she abandoned herself with entire confidence to Thine Infinite Mercy.
But why these desires, O my Beloved, to impart the secrets of Thy Love? Is it not Thyself alone Who hast made them known to me and canst Thou not reveal them to others? Yes, I know it and I implore Thee to do so: I beseech Thee to let Thy divine gaze rest upon an immense number of little souls, I beseech Thee to choose in this world a Legion of little victims worthy of Thy Love!
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. XI
HER last words—looking at her crucifix: