COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
[14] Ecclus., xi, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24.
"YOU have always been faithful to divine grace, have you not?"
"Yes, since the age of three I have refused nothing to the good God. Yet not mine the glory. See how the setting sun this evening gilds the topmost branches of the trees; even so does my soul appear to you—all bright and gilded, because it is exposed to Love's rays. If the Divine Sun withheld from me His rays, my soul would immediately become obscured and enveloped in darkness."
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
"YOU really are a saint!" some one said to her.
"No, I am not a saint; I have never done the works of the Saints. I am a very, very little soul on whom the good God has outpoured the abundance of His grace. You will see in Heaven that I am telling you the truth."
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
SHE said to the Prioress: "Mother, I feel that if I were unfaithful, if I committed but the very slightest infidelity, fearful troubles would follow, and I could no longer accept death with resignation."
And as the Mother Prioress showed surprise at hearing her speak thus, she continued: