Oh! fear not, Lord, that I shall waken Thee:
I await in peace th' eternal shore. . .
"It is so sweet to serve the good God in the dark night of trial; we have this life only in which to live by faith."
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
[HOPE]
TIME is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer . . .
VIII LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
A DAY . . . an hour . . . and we shall have reached the port! My God, what shall we see then? What is that life which will never have an end? . . . Jesus will be the soul of our soul. Unfathomable mystery! "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what great things God hath prepared for them that love Him." [1] And this will all come soon—yes, very soon, if we ardently love Jesus.
VI LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
[1] I Cor., ii, 9. Cf. Is., lxiv, 4.