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Therese's correspondence LT 086 – To Celine – March 15, 1889

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MARTIN Thérèse, Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus
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MARTIN Céline, Sister Geneviève of the Holy Face

15/03/1889

JMJT
Jesus March 15, 1889

Thank you for your letter darling, it pleased the little grain of sand!...
In one of your letters you said recently that you were my shadow. Alas! it would be very sad if it were, because what is the shadow of a poor little grain of sand?...
I thought of something better for my darling Céline; I liked this idea of ​​shadow, I said to myself that indeed my Céline must be the shadow of something, but of what?... I can't find anything in creation that can satisfy the idea what do I make of this reality of which my darling Céline must be the faithful shadow... It is Jesus himself who must be this divine reality!...
Yes, Céline must be the little shadow of Jesus... What a humble and yet glorious title, because what is a shadow?... but the shadow of Jesus, what glory!...
How many things I would have to say on this subject in the little shadow of Jesus, but I have too little time, it is impossible for me!...
My Céline's dream is very pretty, maybe one day it will be realized... but in the meantime let's begin our martyrdom, let Jesus snatch from us everything that is dearest to us, and refuse him nothing. Before dying by the sword, let's die by pins... Does Céline understand?...
The little grain of sand unites in suffering with the little shadow of Jesus

Sr Thérèse of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face nov.carm.ind.

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