| Age | Sources and Pages | Code Number | Quotations | Relevant Key Words, Phrases and Their Code Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | SS 105. |
44-14-1 | …It was with such an intention that Jesus showered His graces so lavishly upon His little flower, he, who cried out in His mortal life: “I thank thee, Father, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent and revealed them to babes,” (Matthew 11:25.) willed to have His mercy shine out in me. Because I was little and weak He lowered himself to me, and He instructed me secretly in the things of His love. Ah! had the learned who spent their life in study come to me, undoubtedly they would have been astonished to see a child of fourteen understand perfection's secrets, secrets all their knowledge cannot reveal because to possess them one has to be poor in spirit! |
8-14-1 (Weakness, Frailty), 9-14-1 (Poor in Spirit), 10-14-1 (Littleness), 14-14-3 (The Little Way), 16-14-1 (His Will, Perfection, Sanctity), 17-14-5 (Love Jesus, The Love of God, Charity), 24-14-5 (Mercy of God, Graces), 48-14-1 (The Wise and the Prudent) |
| 16? | SS 151. |
44-16-1 | …Thus I came to know him only to be deprived of him. Reduced to receiving one letter a year from him to my twelve, my heart quickly turned to the Director of directors, and it was He who taught me that science hidden from the wise and prudent and revealed to little ones.(Matthew 11:25.) |
10-16-1 (Littleness)
36-16-1 (Director of Directors), 48-16-1 (The Wise and Prudent) |
| 16 | GCI 595, Nov. 21, 1889, LC 119: from Sr. Marie of the Angels. |
44-16-2 | …Attached yourself to the Cross like
the ivy in order to die there if
Jesus so wills. May divine suffering be the center of your life; plunge
into this bottomless ocean, and may it engulf you as it did Jesus, for
there alone are life and happiness.
Always love to be little, so little
that the eyes of Jesus only may find you! Little grain of dust,
be unseen
by all in order to be seen by God alone. Be filled with confidence that good Jesus will do everything; rejoice at being poor, at feeling yourself so poor in order that, little beggar, you may have everything from the infinite charity and love of Jesus! Take flight to the All of your heart with wings of humility, simplicity, and love. Jesus loves you with a tender predilection, so pay Him in return, and be happy to love Jesus in suffering for Jesus! |
2-16-34 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, Trials), 4-16-2 (Trust, Confidence, Abandonment), 8-16-2 (Weakness, Frailty), 9-16-1 (Poor in Spirits), 10-16-2 (Littleness), 12-16-3 (Humility, Humbleness), 14-16-14 (The Little Way), 16-16-14 (His Will, Perfection, Sanctity), 17-16-16 (Love Jesus, The Love of God, Charity), 23-16-12 (The Joy of Sufferings), 31-16-2 (Simplicity of the Soul), |
| 18 | GCII 724, April 26, 1891, LT 127: to Celine. |
44-18-1 |
For the fourth time Therese is coming from the solitude of Carmel to wish you
a happy birthday…. Oh! how these wishes little resemble those of the world,
…
It is not health, happiness, fortune, glory, etc.,
that Therese desires for her
Celine; oh, no, it is exile; our heart is there where
our treasure is, and our
treasure is up above in the homeland where Jesus prepares a place near Himself.
I say
one place and not places, for no doubt
the same throne is reserved to
those who on earth have always been only one soul…. Together we grew up;
together
Jesus instructed us in His secrets, sublime secrets
that He hides from the mighty
and reveals to the little ones;… Yes, by separating us, He
has united us in a
way unknown up to that time to my soul, for since that moment I can desire nothing
for myself alone but for us both…. Ah, Celine!… Three years ago our souls had not yet been broken; happiness was still possible for us on earth, but Jesus cast a glance of love on us, a glance veiled in tears, and this glance has become for us an ocean of suffering, but also an ocean of graces and love. |
2-18-2 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, Trials), 7-18-1 (Renunciation, Forget Self), 17-18-4 (Love Jesus, The Love of God, Charity), 24-18-1 (Mercy of God, Graces), 50-18-1 (Jesus's Wounds, Pains and Tears) |
| 23 | GCII 960 -961, June 20 or 29(?), 1896, LT 190: to Mother Marie de Gon- zague. |
44-23-1 |
…
“If I were to speak to her,
her trial
would disappear, her heart
would be filled with so great a joy that her staff would never have
seemed so light…but
I do not want
to take her trial away from her,
I want only that she
may understand the truth and
recognize that her
cross is coming from
heaven and
not from earth.” “Lord, speak then to my shepherdess. How do you expect her to understand the truth since she hears only falsehood around her?…” “Little lamb, are you not the favorite of your shepherdess?… Well! Repeat to her the words I am speaking in your heart.” “Jesus, I shall do it, but I would prefer if You gave this charge to one of the sheep whose reasoning is mundane…. I am so little … my voice is so weak, how will my shepherdess believe me?…” “Your shepherdess knows that I am pleased to hide my secrets from the wise and the prudent, she knows I reveal them to the littlest ones, to the simple lambs whose white wool is not soiled by the dust of the road.… She will believe you, and if tears still flow from her eyes, these tears will no longer have the same bitterness, they will adorn her soul with the austere brightness of suffering loved and accepted with gratitude.” |
2-23-7 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, Trials), 20-23-2 (Truth), 48-23-1 (The Wise and the Prudent), 50-23-2 (Jesus's Wounds, Pains) |
| 24 | SS 209. |
44-24-1 | …Perhaps you remembered that often the Lord is pleased to grant wisdom to the little ones, and that one day, in a transport of joy, He blessed His Father for revealing them to the little ones. (Matthew 11:25.) Mother, you know yourself that those souls are rare who don't measure the divine power according to their own narrow minds;… |
2-24-2 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, ), 14-24-2 (The Little Way) |