Wisdom from St. Thérèse of Lisieux

 
 
 

I do not have the courage to force myself to search out beautiful prayers in books... I cannot recite them at all and not knowing which to choose, I do like children who do not know how to read, I say very simply to God what I wish to say, without composing beautiful sentences, and He always understands me.

—St. Thérèse of Lisieux

quoted in Russell Shaw’s book, Turning Points: How Thirteen Remarkable Men and Women Heard God’s Call and Responded to It

 

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Turning Points probes the stories of highly motivated individuals who in a variety of ways committed their lives to wholeheartedly following Christ, and it discusses a number of issues as timely for the Church now as they were then. It is engagingly written for all who are interested in serious religious ideas, as well as in the inspiring stories of thirteen outstanding people whose lives shed fresh light on living the faith in their times—and our own.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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