for their great sacrifice in parting with you.
II LETTER TO HER MISSIONARY "BROTHERS"
The good God has promised a
hundredfold to all who have left father
or mother or sister for love of Him.
These words are, I know, usually applied
to those who have entered the religious
state, but in my heart I feel that they
were also spoken for the generous parents
who make to God the sacrifice of children
whom they cherish more than self.
LETTER TO HER COUSIN JEANNE GUÉRIN
How can a heart given up to human
affection be united intimately to God?
That, I feel is not possible. I have seen
so many souls deluded by this treacherous
light, dart into it like the poor moth
and burn their wings, then return
wounded to Jesus, the Divine Fire
which burns without consuming.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IV
