portion this most precious Cross, I have hope of resembling Thee in Heaven and seeing the sacred stigmata of Thy Passion shine in my glorified body.
After exile on earth I hope to enjoy the possession of Thee in our eternal Fatherland, but I have no wish to amass merits for Heaven, I will work for Thy Love alone, my sole aim being to give Thee pleasure, to console Thy Sacred Heart, and to save souls who will love Thee for ever.
At the close of life's evening I shall appear before Thee with empty hands, for I ask not, Lord, that Thou wouldst count my works. . . . All our justice is tarnished in Thy sight. It is therefore my desire to be clothed with Thine own Justice and to receive from Thy Love the eternal possession of Thyself. I crave no other Throne nor other Crown but Thee, O my Beloved!. . .
In Thy sight time is nothing, one day is as a thousand years.[1] Thou canst in an instant prepare me to appear before Thee.
- ↑ Cf. Ps. lxxxix, 4.
