August 22 — Aboard ship. During a concert of classical music I was offering Him garlands of sounds and all the fragrance flowing from them. Very tenderly He said to me as once before:
“My little girl . . .”
August 23 — The piano was being used as an altar, and I was thinking of the seagulls and airplanes that sometimes alighted on the great liners.
“This time it is the Christ.”
As the ship was rolling:
“You know that everything is for You; so I don’t say so.”
“You must tell Me all the same because I love to hear it. Tell Me often. When you know that someone loves you it makes you happy when he tells you so.”
September 24 — Saint-Brieux, Canada.
The chapel is near my room, and every time I pass by I smile at Him.
“Smile at everyone. I’ll make your smile a blessing to others.”
October 24 — Montreal. (In such a gentle voice.)
“When you don’t go deep into the inner stillness you deprive Me.”
October 25 — Feast of Christ the King.
This morning at Mass, Father Boulier consecrated me to God, placing my profession of faith in the paten under the Host.
“Take care of My love. There isn’t an orphan more forsaken than I.”
November 3 — At Mass on the liner taking me back to France.
“Believe that in My blood there is infinite power to purify.”
December — In France, on the street.
“I’m walking beside You.”
(Gently) “But you don’t talk to Me very much . . .”
December 14 — “Try to be My smile and My kind voice for everybody . . .”
December 17 — “Let us begin heaven. Moment by moment, love Me while I’m loving you.”
One evening.
“Wherever you find perfect beauty and perfect charm, you find Me.”
December 19 — “Sometimes you doubt that it is I speaking to you. It all seems so simple, so like yourself. But aren’t we one?”
December 21 — As I was asking Him to give me and mine all the spiritual blessings that so many people refuse, He answered:
“My blessings are given according to measure, but I am rich enough to give you still others. Am I not the infinite one? Be simple with Me, just as you are with your own family.”
December 24 — “Be hard on yourself and gentle with others.”
December 25 — “Hide in Me. Let your suffering feed the world. In this way you will be My bride.”
December 26 — “Your imagination? It’s the house dog that wanders here, there, and everywhere. Is one severe with a dog that roams about? Just act as if you had never strayed away.”
December 28 — “When you love Me, you purify yourself. Be my grace for everyone.”
“I transform your prayers into My prayers, but if you don’t pray . . . Can I make a plant that you haven’t sown bear blossoms?”