access always to the King, and able to obtain whatever she asks. In order to be heard, it is not necessary to read from a book a beautiful form of prayer adapted to the circumstances; if it were so, how greatly to be pitied should I be!
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. X
I have not the courage to force myself
to seek beautiful prayers in books;
not knowing which to choose I act as
children do who cannot read; I say
quite simply to the good God what I
want to tell Him, and He always understands
me.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. X
Prayer is, for me, an outburst from
the heart; it is a simple glance darted
upwards to Heaven; it is a cry of gratitude
and of love in the midst of trial as
in the midst of joy! In a word, it is
something exalted, supernatural, which
dilates the soul and unites it to God.
Sometimes when I find myself, spiritually,
in dryness so great that I cannot produce
