Day 38 of 80

A Carmelite's Mission

Chapter X·Manuscript C·Love
Context
Though cloistered behind Carmel's walls, Thérèse considered her mission universal. She was given two 'spiritual brothers' — missionaries in distant lands — and poured out prayer and sacrifice for them. From her hidden cell, she embraced the whole world.

Undoubtedly, it is by prayer and sacrifice that we can help our missionaries. The zeal of a Carmelite ought to embrace the whole world. I hope, with God's help, to be of use to even more than two missionaries. I pray for all, not forgetting our Priests at home, whose ministry is quite as difficult as that of the missionary preaching to the heathen. In a word, I wish to be a true daughter of the Church, like our holy Mother St. Teresa, and pray for all the intentions of Christ's Vicar. That is the one great aim of my life.

All that I possess is theirs also. God is too good to give by halves; He is so rich that He gives me all I ask for, even though I do not lose myself in lengthy enumerations.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux — Story of a Soul, Chapter X (Manuscript C). Taylor translation, 1912 (public domain).
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