St. Thérèse explains that during her novitiate she had difficulty during her one-on-one sessions with her novice mistress: "I had never become accustomed to speaking about my soul and I didn’t know how to express what was going on within it."
Quote of the day, 1 May: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
In the Gospel reading for Third Sunday of Easter, Jesus asks Peter, "do you love me more than these?" Saint Thérèse explains in a letter that she makes Peter's response to Jesus her one and only prayer before the Tabernacle: "My God, you know that I love You."
Quote of the day: 5 November
What a treasure the Lord has given me in allowing me to live in Carmel!
Carmelite spirituality: apostolic or contemplative?
Carmelite spirituality is not contemplative and apostolic. It is apostolic because it is contemplative
Quote of the day: 11 June
Thérèse predicted that after her death, we would never lack “our daily bread”
Quote of the day: 7 February
The Child Jesus wants us to seek Him alone, in simplicity of spirit
Quote of the day: 16 September
all our actions become a kind of brief conversation with God
Quote of the day: 19 July
A brief conversation with God coming from the simplicity and purity of our hearts
Quote of the day: 7 February
The Child Jesus wants us to seek Him alone, in simplicity of spirit
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