Day 43 of 80
The Only Way to Advance
Counsels·Manuscript C·The Little Way
Context
The paradox at the heart of the Little Way, stated with perfect clarity: the way down is the way up. Thérèse did not become great by striving upward. She became great by becoming small — so small that God Himself stooped to lift her.
The only way to advance rapidly in the path of love is to remain always very little. That is what I did, and now I can sing with our holy Father, St. John of the Cross:
"Then I abased myself so low, so very low, That I ascended to such heights, such heights indeed, That I did overtake the prey I chased!"
St. Thérèse of Lisieux — Story of a Soul, Counsels (Manuscript C). Taylor translation, 1912 (public domain).
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