what then, should I be afraid? Must not the good and infinitely just God, who with such tender mercy deigns to pardon the Prodigal Son, must He not be just towards me too—who am always with Him?[1]
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. VIII
I want to make you understand by a
very simple comparison how much Jesus
loves souls, even the imperfect, who
trust in Him. Suppose the father of
two wayward and disobedient children,
coming to punish them, sees one tremble
and draw away from him in terror;
while the other, on the contrary, throwing
himself into his arms, says he is
sorry, promises to be good henceforward
and begs for a kiss as punishment. Do
you think the delighted father will
withstand the filial confidence of this
child? He knows nevertheless that his
son will fall again many a time into the
same faults, but he is disposed to pardon
him always, if always there be an appeal
to his heart.
- ↑ Luke, xv, 31.
