St Therese of Lisieux

With little formal schooling other than her primary studies at Benedictine Abbey of Notre Dame du Pre; and supplemented greatly by the the lights and graces that were showered on her from above, St. Therese is now a Doctor of the Church. She is only one of three women to receive this distinction.

Surrounded by love, and a strong catholic family and culture, she grew up with an irresistable desire to be a Carmelite Nun, and lived every day with the conviction she would be a Saint, finding joy in suffering and sacrifice.

She teaches us that it is not necessary to accomplish heroic acts, or great deeds, in order to attain holiness and to express our love for God. We can do it every day by practicing perfection in the the little things we do.

Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, Third Edition, by Therese de Lisieux, Edited by John Clarke.  See what others are saying about this book on Amazon.com

A New Earth

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, by Eckart Tolle (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61). See what others are saying about this book on Amazon.com

This is not Love, perhaps,
Love that lays down its life,
That many waters cannot quench,
Nor the floods drown,
But something written in lighter ink,
Said in a lower tone, something, perhaps, especially our own.

A need, at times, to be together and talk,
And then the finding we can walk
More firmly through dark narrow places,
And meet more easily nightmare faces;
A need to reach out, sometimes, hand to hand,
And then find Earth less like an alien land;
A need for alliance to defeat
The whisperers at the corner of the street.

A need for inns on roads, islands in seas,
Halts for discoveries to be shared,
Maps checked, notes compared;
A need, at times, of each for each,
Direct as the need of throat and tongue for speech.