The autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux has had a big influence on me since I read it in first year college in the seminary. Today is her feast day. Her "little way" to holiness was to do the simplest everyday things out of love for Jesus. Here's a charming passage that has stayed with me through the years: "I told Jesus...to use me like a little ball of no value which He could throw on the ground, push with His foot, pierce, leave in a corner, or press to His heart if it pleased him; in a word, I wanted to amuse little Jesus, to give him pleasure; I wanted to give myself up to his childish whims."
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