I read the following excerpt from the autobiography of St. Therese last
night, and it delighted me.
Therese says that after having
seen an announcement of her friend’s marriage
I
amused myself by composing the following invitation, which I read to the
novices in order to bring home to them what had struck me so forcibly—that the
glory of all earthly unions is as nothing compared to the titles of a Spouse of
Our Divine Lord.
"God
Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, Sovereign Ruler of the Universe, and the
Glorious Virgin Mary, Queen of the Heavenly Court, announce to you the
Spiritual Espousals of their August Son, Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of
Lords, with little Thérèse Martin, now Princess and Lady of His Kingdoms of the
Holy Childhood and the Passion, assigned to her as a dowry, by her Divine
Spouse, from which Kingdoms she holds her titles of nobility—of the Child
Jesus and of the Holy Face. It was not possible to invite you to the
Wedding Feast which took place on the Mountain of Carmel, September 8, 1890—the
Heavenly Court was alone admitted—but you are requested to be present at the
Wedding Feast which will take place to-morrow, the day of Eternity, when Jesus,
the Son of God, will come in the clouds of Heaven, in the splendour of His
Majesty, to judge the living and the dead.
"The
hour being still uncertain, you are asked to hold yourselves in readiness and
watch."
As she says, “the glory of
all earthly unions is as nothing” compared to espousal to the King of the
Universe!
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