embarrassed as regards me: I have no works. . . . Well, He will render to me according to His own works!
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
One evening as they were telling her something which had been said at recreation, touching the responsibility of those who have the charge of souls, Sœur Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus spoke these beautiful words: "'To him that is little, mercy is granted.'[1] It is possible to remain little, even in the most important offices; and is it not written that at the end the Lord will arise to save the meek and humble of the earth?[2] It says not to judge but to save."
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. XII
A novice questioning as to whether
our Lord were not dissatisfied with her
on account of her many miseries, Sœur
Thérèse made answer:
"Set your mind at rest: He whom you have chosen as your Spouse possesses
