Note 117 — Chapter VIII · Various Manifestations
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This same motif of wishing to join the Child Jesus in heaven is beautifully enlarged upon in No. 139. A Flemish woman takes her child with her to ask guidance of the Virgin. On arriving before the shrine the little fellow, who has been eating bread on the way, offers his bread to the Child Jesus, saying, “Do you want some?” In answer to the invitation the Christ Child replies “Tomorrow you will eat with me in heaven.” No. 353 has many points of resemblance.