“During the month of May, 1888, he went to Alençon, and in his old parish church, which was associated with so many memories for him, he had a particular grace, which he related to his three Carmelites on his return, in a visit to the parlor: ‘Children, I have returned from Alençon, where I received in the Church of Notre Dame such signal graces and such consolations that I made this prayer: “My God, it is too much! I am too happy; it is not possible to go to heaven this way. I wish to suffer something for you, and I offered myself…” The word victim expired on his lips, writes Thérèse, he did not wish to pronounce it before us, but we understood!’” (Céline Martin, The Father of the Little Flower, 71–72).
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