ORIGIN OF THE MOVEMENT

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At the origin of the movement, a prayer of
Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus.

 

Oh Jesus!
I would like to tell all the little souls
how much your condescension is beyond expression…
I feel that if by the impossible you would find
a soul weaker and more little than mine,
it would please you to show her with even more blessings,
if she abandoned herself in all confidence
to your infinite Mercy.

But why do you want to communicate your secrets of love.
Oh Jesus,
Are you not the only one who teaches them to me
can’t you reveal them to somebody else?...
Yes, I know, I beg you to do it,
I beseech you to turn down your divine gaze
on a great number of little souls…

                                                 (Manuscript B 5)



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