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Time Is But a Mirage

Letters·Manuscript C·Suffering & the Cross
Context
In a letter to Céline, Thérèse glimpsed eternity: God already sees us in glory. Time is a mirage. This perspective transformed her understanding of suffering — it is temporary, but the love poured out through it is eternal.

Already God sees us in glory, and rejoices in our everlasting bliss. How much good I derive from this thought! I understand now why He allows us to suffer.

Since Our Beloved has "trodden the wine-press alone," the wine-press from which He gives us to drink--on our side let us not refuse to be clothed in blood-stained garments, or to tread out for Jesus new wine which may quench His thirst for souls.

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