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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