“Another
time I was working in the laundry, and the Sister opposite, while washing
handkerchiefs, repeatedly splashed me with dirty water. My first impulse was to
draw back and wipe my face, to show the offender I should be glad if she would
behave more quietly; but the next minute I thought how foolish it was to refuse
the treasures God offered me so generously, and I refrained from betraying my
annoyance. On the contrary, I made such efforts to welcome the shower of dirty
water, that at the end of half an hour I had taken quite a fancy to this novel
kind of aspersion, and I resolved to come as often as I could to the happy spot
where such treasures were freely bestowed.” ~ St. Therese of the Child Jesus,
Story of a Soul
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