There is no stay, no support to seek out of Jesus. He alone changeth not. What happiness to think that He can never change!
V LETTER TO MÈRE AGNÈS DE JÉSUS
The sole happiness upon earth consists
in hiding oneself and remaining in
total ignorance of created things.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. VIII
Far from dazzling me all the titles of
nobility appear to me but empty vanity.
I have understood those words of the
Imitation: "Be not solicitous for the
shadow of a great name."[1] I have understood
that true greatness is found not in
the name but in the soul.
The Prophet tells us that the Lord God shall call His servants by ANOTHER NAME;[2] and we read in St. John: "To him that overcometh, I will give . . . a white counter, and in the counter a new name written, which no man knoweth but he that receiveth."[3]
