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An Aspiration of the Heart

Insight into the Nature of Prayer from a Mystic Who Died Too Young

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Carl McColman
Aug 24, 2025
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For me, prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus. — St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Thérèse of Lisieux was still three months shy of her 25th birthday when tubercu…

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