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In this way God takes care of me. He cannot always provide that strength-giving bread, exterior humiliation, but from time to time He allows me to eat of “the crumbs from the table of the children.” How magnificent are His Mercies!
Source Story of a Soul, Chapter X, §15 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, even a small humiliation (a misunderstanding, a merit that goes unrecognised) can become nourishment that strengthens, like the “crumbs” the Gospel speaks of, a sign that God takes care of her and that His mercy is great. Today, if no one notices the good you do or if you are misunderstood, welcome it with a peaceful smile rather than justifying yourself.
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