They laboured all the day, and in the night they gave themselves to long prayers; though even whilst they were at work, they ceased not from mental prayer.
-Bk. I, ch. xviii.
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The Saint always endeavoured to lead her religious life with the perfection that St Teresa expected from her Carmelites. If the work upon which she was engaged was not too absorbing, her thoughts would turn naturally to God. One day a novice entered her cell and was struck by the heavenly expression on her face. She was busily sewing, and yet was apparently lost in contemplation. The novice asked what she was thinking about, and the Saint replied: "I was meditating on the Our Father. How sweet it is to call God our Father!" And her eyes filled with tears.
-The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme)
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.
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