certain amount of surprise."

* * * * * *

"There is a verse in the Divine Office which I recite each day
with reluctance: 'I have inclined my heart to do Thy
justifications for ever, because of the reward.'[17] I hasten to
add in my heart: 'My Jesus, Thou knowest I do not serve Thee for
sake of reward, but solely out of love, and a desire to win Thee
souls."

* * * * * *

"In Heaven only shall we be in possession of the clear truth. On
earth, even in matters of Holy Scripture, our vision is dim. It
distresses me to see the differences in its translations, and had
I been a Priest I would have learned Hebrew, so as to read the
Word of God as He deigned to utter it in human speech."

* * * * * *

Soeur Thérèse often spoke to me of a well-known toy with which she
had amused herself when a child. This was the kaleidoscope, shaped
like a small telescope, through which, as it is made to revolve,
one perceives an endless variety of pretty-coloured figures.

"This toy," she said, "excited my admiration, and I wondered what
could provide so charming a phenomenon, when one day, after a
lengthy examination, I found that it consisted simply of tiny bits
of paper and cloth scattered inside. A further examination