This spiritual classic has long been beloved by Catholics for its wondrous distillation of the teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux into a reader-friendly set of meditations. It’s perfect as a personal retreat when you have only a few moments to spare on a daily basis and for spiritual reading anytime and anywhere.
Fr. Jean C. J. d Elbée, a French priest deeply imbued with St. Thérèse’s spirit, brings you St. Thérèse’s teachings on God’s love and the confidence in Him that it should inspire in your soul; humility, peace, and fraternal charity; the apostolate; the Cross; and what it means in reality to abandon yourself to Divine Providence. I Consider in Love has helped countless souls embark on the way to the Father. It’ll help you focus on Him right through on a daily basis, rest in Him amid your troubles, and live joyfully with Him at every moment!
You’ll learn:
- How you’ll be able to (and must) have confidence in God, not in spite of your sufferings, but on account of them!
- The secret that makes sense of the pain and trouble in your life no matter how great
- One thing you must cherish in your soul, or you’ll be able to never learn to love as Jesus loves
- God’s love for you personally: are you actually aware of its reality in every moment of your life?
- How you’ll be able to see it at work
- The spiritual goldmine that is at your fingertips now if you know where to find it
- What you must do before you speak about the Faith, or your words will be useless
- Crosses: why you’ll be able to’t avoid them and why you should love the ones God sends you
- How to deal with failures, reversals, and difficult moments of a wide variety without losing your spiritual or emotional equilibrium
- The Fall of Adam and Eve: how even it shows God’s abiding love for every soul
- The sin that destroys countless souls since few know how to recognize and fight it
- Do you wish you had the love of God that the saints have but are discouraged by your weaknesses?Why you should take heart
- Are you drawing on all the treasures of the Eucharist and the saints? How you’ll be able to be sure
- The comforting reason why our Lord at times chooses not to deliver you from trials
- Much more that will show you how to live in the glorious love of God at each moment!