• When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift.

    Therese of Lisieux: When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift.
    St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.20, TAN Books