I see Him afar off, and I take good care not to cry out “Stop Thief!!!” On the contrary I call Him saying: “This way! this way!”
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
The Chaplain asked me: “Are you resigned to die?” I said: “Ah! Father, I find it would be for living that I should need resignation, but as regards dying, I feel only joy.”
HIST. D’UNE AME, CH. XII
“You will be placed amid the Seraphim in Heaven,” a novice said.
“If that should happen, I shall not imitate them; they cover themselves with their wings at the sight of God. I shall take good care not to cover myself with my wings!”
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
“Under what name should we pray to you when you are in Heaven?” they asked her. She answered humbly: “You will call me ‘little Thérèse.’ (‘petite Thérèse.’)”
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
“You will look upon us from the heights of heaven, will you not?”