| Age | Sources and Pages | Code Number | Quotations | Relevant Key Words, Phrases and Their Code Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | SS 105. |
48-14-1 | …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) |
| 16? | SS 151. |
48-16-1 | …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) |
| 23 | GCII 960- 961. June 20 or 29(?), 1896, LT 190: to Mother Marie de Gonzague. |
48-23-1 |
…Jesus replied:“It is true. The spirit of the world is creeping even into
the midst of the most distant meadows. I, who see all, who know the most
secret thoughts, I tell you: The flock of your shepherdess is dear to Me
among all others, and it has served me only as an instrument to accomplish
My work of sanctification in your dear Mother;s soul.” …Jesus, why do You not speak to the heart of my shepherdess?…” “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), 44-23-1 (Reveals to Little Ones), 50-23-2 (Jesus;s Wounds, Pains) |