Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@RichardRohrOFM In this light, Thérèse de Lisieux's kindest of counsels, "If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter," is surely one of the more substantive, potent, transfigurative insights ever uttered.

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Quoted by@RichardRohrOFM Thérèse understood.Quoted by@SophiaCycles Sr. Joan Chittister, O.S.B., "The beauty of a life lies in its fullness, not in a preferred portion that looks superficially positive and wholesome.”