surrendered to Love, the more must she be surrendered to suffering.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. XII
In order to love Jesus, to be His victim
of love, the more weak and miserable we
are, the more fitting are we for the
operations of this consuming and transforming
Love. . . . The sole desire to be
victim suffices; but we must consent to
remain always poor and without strength,
and there lies the difficulty, for where shall be found the truly poor in spirit? He must be sought afar off,[1] saith the author
of the Imitation. . . . He did not say
that we must seek him amongst great
souls, but afar off, that is to say in lowliness,
in nothingness. . . . Oh! let us keep
afar off from all that glitters, let us love
our littleness, and be satisfied to feel
nothing, then shall we be truly poor in
spirit, and Jesus will come to seek us
how far soever we may be; He will
transform us into flames of Love!. . .
VI LETTER TO SŒUR MARIE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR
(Her sister Marie.)
- ↑ Cf. Imit., II, xi, 4.
