HIST. D’UNE AME, CH. VII
A novice expressed regret for having lent a pin which was very serviceable to her:
“Oh! how rich you are,” replied Thérèse, “you cannot be happy.”
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
“Make haste and come down: for this day I must abide in thy house.”[51] Jesus tells us to come down; where, then, must we go?... At an earlier time the Jews asked Him: “Master, where dwellest Thou?”[52] And He said: “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head.”[53] Behold whereunto we must descend if we would serve as dwellings for Jesus: we must be so poor that we have not where to lay our head.
XIII LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
FOOTNOTES:
[51] Luke, xix, 5.
[52] John, i, 38.
[53] Luke, ix, 58.