earth, the sweetness offered is intermingled with bitterness, and the immense void of its desires cannot be filled by the praises of a moment.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IV
We have but life's brief day to save
souls and thus to give to Jesus proof of
our love. The morrow of this day will
be Eternity and then He will render to
you a hundredfold for the joys which
you have sacrificed for Him. He knows
the extent of your sacrifice, He knows
that the grief of those dear to you increases
your own still more; but to save
our souls He has Himself suffered this
martyrdom. He too, left His Mother,
He saw the Immaculate Virgin stand at
the foot of the Cross, her heart transpierced
by the sword of sorrow.
Ah! if the Divine Master would but grant to those whom you are going to leave for His sake, a foresight of the glory He reserves for you, the multitude of souls who in heaven will form your train, they would be already recompensed
