JMJT
Jesus
In Carmel on November 17, 93
My dear Aunt,
How sweet it is for your little Thérèse to come every year to offer you her birthday wishes!
However, I have nothing new to tell you, you have known for a long time how much I love you.
Dear little Aunt, by repeating it to you again I am not afraid of boring you and here is the reason which makes me think so. When I am near the Tabernacle I only know how to say one thing to Our Lord: "My God, you know that I love you." And I feel that my prayer does not tire Jesus, knowing the impotence of his poor little wife, He is satisfied with her good will. I also know very well that the Good Lord has spread something of the love with which his Heart overflows in the hearts of mothers... And the one to whom I am speaking has received maternal love in such a large measure that I then fear of feeling misunderstood...
Besides, my impotence will not last forever, in the Heavenly homeland I will be able to tell my darling little Aunt many things that cannot be expressed in human words.
In the meantime, I ask Our Lord to leave her on earth for a very long time who knows how to work so well for his glory and I want her to see “the children of her grandchildren”. Maybe my little sister Jeanne would smile if she read these lines, but I have much more confidence than her and I am waiting for "the great Saint and the great Pontiff" followed by a large number of other little angels .
My dear Aunt, tomorrow I will make Holy Communion for you and also for Madame Fournet, I often think of her and pray Our Lord to preserve her for you for a long time yet.
I beg you, my dear Aunt, to kiss my good Uncle for me and I charge him and my little Sisters to shower you with my most tender caresses.
Your little Benjamin, who is proud of his title.
Sr Thérèse of the Child Jesus rel.carm.ind.
