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To be truly a Victim of Love requires absolute self-surrender. The soul is consumed by Love only in so far as she surrenders herself to Love.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
It appears to me that for Victims of
Love there will be no judgment, but
rather, that the good God will hasten to
recompense with eternal delights His
own Love, which He will see burning in
their hearts.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
At any cost I will cull the palm of
Saint Agnes; if not by shedding my
blood then it must be by Love. . . .
IV LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
O my God, Thou knowest I have
never desired but to love Thee alone.
I seek no other glory. Thy Love has
gone before me from my childhood, it
has grown with my growth, and now it is