JMJT
Jesus
At Carmel October 22, 89
My dear Celine,
If you knew the pain I have when I think that I let the 21st pass without wishing my Céline's birthday!... Would Céline have doubted the heart of her Thérèse?...
However, she had been thinking about this cherished celebration for a long time, but life at Carmel is so eremitic that the poor little solitary never knows what date it is... Céline, this oversight has touched my heart , but you see, I think that this year Jesus wanted our party to be on the same day; is it not today the octave of Ste Thérèse? Yes Céline, St Thérèse is also your boss since you are already her darling daughter...
If you only knew how I see the pain I have today as willed by Jesus, because He likes to sow small pains in our lives in this way...
I am sending you a beautiful picture of the Holy Face that our dear Mother gave me some time ago. I find that it suits Marie de la Sainte Face so well that I cannot keep it to myself; I have been thinking for a long time now of giving it to my Céline... to my own Céline... that Marie de la Sainte Face be another Veronique who wipes away all the blood and tears of Jesus, her only beloved, that she wins souls for him, especially the souls she loves, that she persists in defying the soldiers, that is to say the world, to reach Him... ah! how happy she will be when one day she will be able to contemplate in glory the mysterious beverage with which she will have quenched her celestial Betrothed, when she will see his once parched lips open to speak to him the unique and eternal word of Love! .. The Thank you that will never end...
See you soon little darling Véronique, tomorrow the Beloved will doubtless ask for a new sacrifice, a new relief from his thirst, but no matter, let's die with him...
Happy birthday Celine dear...
Your poor little sister.
Thérèse of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face nov.carm.ind.
Don't forget to pick a little Céline flower, my heart will give it to you...
