[8] Matt., xxv, 40.
REMEMBERING that Charity covereth a multitude of sins, [9] I draw from this fruitful mine opened to us by our Lord in His sacred Gospels. I search the depths of His adorable words and cry out with David: "I have run in the way of Thy commandments when Thou didst enlarge my heart." [10] And charity alone can enlarge my heart . . .
O Jesus! since this sweet flame consumes it I run with delight in the way of Thy new Commandment, and therein will I run until the blessed day when with Thy Virgin train I shall follow Thee through Thy boundless Realm singing Thy New Canticle which must surely be the Canticle of LOVE.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IX
[9] Prov., x, 12.
[10] Ps., cxviii, 32.
[FAITH]
WHAT helps me most when I picture to myself the interior of the Holy Family is to think of a quite ordinary life.
The Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph knew well that Jesus was God, but wondrous things were nevertheless hidden from them and like us they lived by faith. Have you not noticed what is said in the sacred text: "And they understood not the word that He spoke unto them," [1] and these other words no less mysterious: "His father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him"? [2] Does not this imply that they heard of something new to them, for this wondering suggests a certain astonishment?
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES