- tiones tuas in æternum, propter retributionem."
(I have inclined my heart to do Thy justifications for ever, because of the reward.)[1] Interiorly, I hasten to say: "O my Jesus, Thou knowest well that it is not for the reward I serve Thee, but solely because I love Thee, and for the sake of saving souls.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
In Heaven only shall we see the absolute
truth concerning all things. On
earth, even in the Holy Scripture, there
is a certain obscurity: it grieves me to
see differences in the translations; had
I been a Priest I would have learned
Hebrew, so that I might be able to read
the Word of God in that human language
in which He deigned to express it.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
We are not yet in our Fatherland,
and temptation must purify us as gold is
purified by the action of fire.
XVIII LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
- ↑ Ps., cxviii, 112.
