Thus the good God takes care of me. He cannot always offer me the strength- giving bread of exterior humiliation, but from time to time He permits me to feast upon the crumbs that fall from the table of the children. [8] How great is His Mercy!
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. X
[7] Kings, xvi, 10.
[8] Mark, vii, 28.
ALL creatures might incline towards the little flower, admiring it and overwhelming it with their praise, but never would that add a shadow of vain satisfaction to the true joy of knowing itself to be a mere nothing in the sight of God.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IX
BECAUSE I was little and weak, Jesus stooped down to me and tenderly instructed me in the secrets of His Love.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. V
I AM too little to have any vanity, I am also too little to know how to turn beautiful phrases so as to make it appear that I have a great deal of humility. I prefer to acknowledge simply that He that is mighty hath done great things to me; [9] and the greatest is His having shown me my littleness, my powerlessness for all good.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IX
[9] Luke, i, 49.