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the more disinterested becomes its tenderness.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
The good God does not need years
to accomplish His work of love in a soul;
one ray from His Heart can, in an instant,
make His flower bloom for eternity. . . .
VI LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
Love can supply for length of years.
Jesus, because He is Eternal, regards not
the time but only the love.
V LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
I desire no sensible consolation in
loving; provided Jesus feel my love that
is enough for me. Oh! to love Him and
to make Him loved . . . how sweet it
is. . . .
V LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
O Jesus, I ask of Thee only Peace!. . .
Peace, and above all Love—love
without bound or limit. Jesus, let me
for Thy sake die a martyr; give me