me to draw profit from all—both good and ill that He finds in me.[1] He teaches me to speculate in the Bank of Love, or rather it is He who acts for me without telling me how He goes to work, that is His affair and not mine; my part is complete surrender, reserving nothing to myself, not even the gratification of knowing how my credit stands with the Bank.
XVI LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
A sister told Sœur Thérèse of the
strange phenomena produced by magnetism
on persons who really wish to
yield up their will to the mesmerizer.
These details appeared to interest her
keenly and on the morrow she said to
the Sister:
"Your conversation yesterday did me so much good. Oh! how I wish to be magnetized by our Lord. It was my first thought on awakening. With what delight have I delivered my will up to Him. Yes, I want Him to make Himself
- ↑ St. John of the Cross.
