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YOU AND i Gabrielle
Bossis. p.136/7 1942
To
read ‘You and i’, is to pause for a word, a phrase, a sentence.
At
the top of a page I read the two short sentences,
“Do you know about My merits?
Only the Father knows them all.”
And
I shut the book.
Then
compelling to find the words again, but I had to search for the place, and got
to the top of page 137.
And
so it goes on, to the next sentences, the previous sentences, to next paragraph.
The
words enlighten, enlarge and speak to the heart. - - -
Following
the dates are the kind of Rubric for Holy Hour or Visit at the Le Fresne church,
Nantes etc ....
+ + +
"You
didn't hear it. But My Father does and so do all the saints in heaven. Adore
each one of my loving impulses in Galilee, in Judea, on those roads you yourself
have travelled. Never mind if you don't understand very well.
Already I loved you; I loved everyone without exception. Love
Me for all of them - or at least offer Me your desire to do so." ( ... )
June
20 - 1942. In the country.
Climbing an
old flight of stairs and
offering each step.
"Lord"
how can You accept
such tiny things?"
"You call them tiny, yet
you use your memory, your understanding, and
your will; in other words, your entire being. No matter where you give yourself to Me, I
take you. Do you understand?"
June 25 - 1942. Le Fresne church. Visit.
"If
you could only see My splendour in the tabernacle ... My power and My
tenderness and the guard of honour formed by My hosts of angels burning with
zeal. What reverence, what a sense of nothingness you would feel! ( ...
) You would see the utter unimportance of everything that is not love. You
would realize too, that nothing could possibly give you more joy than to give Me
joy. And you could no longer cease to gaze on Me and on Me alone. For
I am all attractiveness. I am Charm and the Charmer. I am Heaven itself.
Heaven
is inside the tabernacle. Adore with all the heavenly hosts. Love with them. Sing.
Praise. Never can you overdo it, since all you have is what I have given you
and all My merits are yours for the taking.
Do
you know about My merits? Only the Father knows them all.
And do you realize
that if it were necessary I would begin all over again?
Find a new way of
praising Me every day. Keep on exploring My hidden treasures. You
can never come to the end of them. Discover, discover,
until fires undreamed of are kindled within
you, and you will say, 'It was you, Lord.
How blind I was! The best of me is always You.'
And
while you are talking to Me, I'll continue to heap blessings upon you, for
My heart is filled with them, and to give eases it of
its burden. It takes a mere nothing from you to make it overflow. If you
only knew! My poor little ones, wake up to your power over Me. Get
to know Me a little better. Stammer out your words of love. I'll
complete them. You've seen the great sun dancing in tiny mirrors?
Who can bear its dazzling brilliance? But what is a mirror without the
sun?"
June
30 - 1942. After Communion.
"Why not decide for the highest perfection? No need to make
any vow; it might be a source of anxiety to you. Just make up your mind not
merely to do things well, but as perfectly as you can. It would add to My glory. Sinners
too would have their share of the benefit. Don't be afraid; be daring. We're
together, you and I."
July
2 - "Yes, go to the train to meet her. Never
miss a chance to be kind, and give pleasure as though it were I who gave and
not you. A thoughtful gesture can do so much good. It
can be the beginning of a miracle. It takes only a little kindness to melt a
heart, you know."
