![[banner-ocd-tcj-3.png]] > [!quote] 2026-04-20 > “Thérèse shows us that within our ordinary life — going to work in our cars or on the subway, doing our taxes, getting our children ready for school, fixing meals — we can find the mysterious exchanges between ourselves and God in prayer and meditation, no matter how brief or hurried. She reveals the hidden works of love that go on daily, not in some special precious time, but in the ordinary everyday time. Thérèse poses a tremendous threat because she brings hidden mystic life out into the open and says, in effect, here it is for the taking, for all of us, not just the specially gifted, but all of us, each with our own gifts” (Experiencing Saint Thérèse Today, pg. 141). --- > [[f2-c-00-year-c|Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, Formation II: Year C, Story of a Soul, March 2024]]* ← [[20260420-2|Previous]] | [[20260421|Next]] →