Wisdom from Madeleine Delbrêl

 
 
 

It is necessary to know that one is lost in order to want to be saved.

—Madeleine Delbrêl

from the book, The Holiness of Ordinary People

 

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YOU CAN BE HOLY

French poet, social worker, and lay missionary Madeleine Delbrêl knew that Christ’s unspeakable goodness touches the smallest, most forgotten corners of our everyday world—the laundry, the checkout counter, the commute. This book gathers together essays and notes written by Delbrêl during her most active years, giving peerless insights into the distinctive lay vocation in the Church.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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