Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences your own bright ideas and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
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About Therese of Lisieux
Therese of Lisieux was a 19th-century French discalced carmelite nun and saint. Thérèse of Lisieux, in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known in English as the Little Flower of Jesus, or simply the Little Flower, and in French as la petite Thérèse. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Faith — Reflections on belief, spirituality, and trust in the unseen