From Marie of the Sacred Heart to Céline and Thérèse. - November 11 , 1887

From Marie of the Sacred Heart to Céline and Thérèse.

November 11, 1887

Dear little girls, I saw that the little lamb had scribbled some things' and I nothing at all… You know, however, whether I love you, but I haven't the time this morning to write you. If I were Céline, every night I would make a résumé (only four lines) of all that I saw, for example: Seen, today, St. Peter's, the Coliseum, the Catacombs, etc. This is a way of recalling everything. And you will not be making this trip every year....

I think of my little Thérèse. I believe that little Jesus is not so asleep in His little cradle as He appears to be, and I imagine His very much loved little toy really touches His Heart.

Adieu, my darlings. Meditate on these last lines that we used to love to repeat together: "Time is your boat and not your home… " See how you have covered ground .... And we are running just as quickly and even more quickly towards heaven, our true home.

Marie of the Sacred Heart