life in which to live by faith."

* * * * * *

"I am happy at the thought of going to Heaven, but when I reflect
on these words of Our Lord: 'I come quickly, and My reward is with
Me, to render to every man according to his works,'[25] I think
that He will find my case a puzzle: I have no works. . . . Well,
He will render unto me _according to His own works!"_

* * * * * *

"The chief plenary indulgence, which is within reach of everybody,
and can be gained without the ordinary conditions, is that of
charity--which 'covereth a multitude of sins.'"[26]

* * * * * *

"Surely you will not even pass through Purgatory. If such a thing
should happen, then certainly nobody goes straight to
Heaven."--"That gives me little thought. I shall be quite content
with the Merciful God's decision. Should I go to Purgatory, I
shall--like the three Hebrew children in the furnace--walk amid
the flames singing the Canticle of Love."

* * * * * *

"In Heaven you will be placed among the Seraphim." "If so, I shall
not imitate them. At the sight of God _they cover themselves with
their wings_[27]: I shall take good care not to hide myself with
mine."

* * * * * *

I showed her a picture which represented Joan of Arc being
comforted in prison by her Voices, and she remarked: "I also am
comforted by an interior voice. From above, the Saints encourage
me, saying: 'So long as thou art a captive in chains, thou canst
not fulfill thy mission, but later on, after thy death, will come
thy day of triumph.'"

* * * * * *

"In Heaven, God will do all I desire, because on earth I have
never done my own will."

* * * * * *

"You will look down upon us from Heaven, will you not?"--"No, I
will come down."

* * * * * *

Some months before the death of Soeur Therese, _The Life of St.
Aloysius_ was being read in the refectory, and one of the Mothers
was struck by the mutual and tender affection which existed
between the young Saint and the aged Jesuit, Father Corbinelli.

"You are little Aloysius," she said to Therese, "and I am old
Father Corbinelli--be mindful of me when you enter Heaven." "Would
you like me to fetch you thither soon, dear Mother?" "No, I have
not yet suffered enough." "Nay, Mother, I tell you that you have
suffered quite enough." To which Mother Hermance replied: "I dare
not say Yes. . . . In so grave a matter I must have the sanction
o