| Age | Sources and Pages | Code Number | Quotations | Relevant Key Words, Phrases and Their Code Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | LC 50, May 27. Ascen -sion. |
47-24-1 | 2 “I haven't any misgivings whatsoever about the final struggles or sufferings of this sickness, no matter how great they may be. God has always come to my aid; He has helped me and led me by the hand from my childhood. I count upon Him. I'm sure He will continue to help me until the end. I may really become exhausted and worn out, but I shall never have too much to suffer; I'm sure of this.” |
4-24-8 (Trust, Confidence, Abandonment) |
| 24 | LC 116, Jul. 29. |
47-24-2 |
2 A Sister reported this reflection
made during recreation: “Why are
they talking of Sister Therese as though she were a saint? She
practiced virtue. true, but it wasn't a virtue acquired through
humiliations and especially sufferings.” She said to me
afterwards: “ And I who suffered so much from my most tender childhood! Ah, how much good it does me to see the opinion of creatures, especially at the moment of my death!” |
2-24-50 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, Trials), 12-24-8 (Humility, Humblenes), 21-24-6 (A Saint) |
| 24 | LC 123, Jul. 31. |
47-24-3 |
13. “I have found happiness
and joy on earth, but soley in suffering,
for I've suffered very much here below; you must make it known
to souls…. “Since my First Communion, since the time I asked Jesus to change all the consolations of this earth into bitterness for me, I had a perpetual desire to suffer. I wasn't thinking, however, of making suffering my joy: this is a grace that was given to me later on. Up until then, it was like a spark hidden beneath the ashes, and like blossoms on a tree that must become fruit in time. but seeing my blossoms always falling, that is, allowing myself to fall into tears whenever I suffered, I said to myself with astonishment and sadness: “But I will never go beyond the stage of desires!” |
2-24-51 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, Trials), 14-11-7 (The Little Way), 23-24-12 (The Joy of Sufferings), 24-11-5 (Mercy of God, Graces), 29-11-2 (Consolation) |
| 24 | LC 142, Aug. 8. |
47-24-4 | 3. “Today, I was thinking of my past life, about the courageous act I performed formerly at Christmas, and the praise directed to Judith came into my mind: ‘You have acted with manly courage, and your heart has been strengthened.’ (Judith 15:11.) Many souls say: I don't have the strength to accomplish this sacrifice. Let them do, then, what I did: exert a great effort. God never refuses that first grace that gives one the courage to act; afterwards, the heart is strengthened and one advances from victory to victory.” |
2-24-55 (Sufferings, Sacrifices, Crosses, Trials), 14-24-27 (The Little Way), 24-24-23 (Mercy of God, Graces) |