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A Mansion for Little Children

Counsels·Manuscript C·The Little Way
Context
When someone mentioned the severe penances of the great saints, Thérèse responded with perfect logic: if heroic penance were the only way, Jesus would have told us. Since He promised many mansions, there must be one for little children — for those who simply love.

"It was well that Our Lord warned us: 'In My Father's House there are many mansions, otherwise I would have told you.' For, if every soul called to perfection were obliged to perform these austerities in order to enter Heaven, He would have told us, and we should have willingly undertaken them.

"But He has declared that, 'there are many mansions in His House.' If there are some for great souls, for the Fathers of the Desert and for Martyrs of penance, there must also be one for little children. And in that one a place is kept for us, if we but love Him dearly together with Our Father and the Spirit of Love."

St. Thérèse of Lisieux — Story of a Soul, Counsels (Manuscript C). Taylor translation, 1912 (public domain).
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