Pure Love

Saint Thérèse journaled:

“O my Jesus! I love You! I love the Church, my Mother! I recall that ‘the smallest act of PURE LOVE is of more value to her than all other works together.’”[1]

This is the essence of The Little Way. It is for the introverts among us. It is for the marginalized and the oppressed. The Little Way is for those who will never launch a movement or be seen as extraordinary in the eyes of the world yet still desperately long to serve God. It is for the prisoner locked away, unable to serve in a local church, go on a mission trip, or lead a Bible study at home with his wife. It is for the smallest among us, those who have nothing of worldly value to offer the Church but who can give their love for the marginalized and the undesirables.

The Little Way proclaims that the smallest act of kindness can be performed, repeated, and offered as worship, day in and day out, by the smallest souls among us. When we have little to offer God, we can always offer Him our brokenness and dependence—just as a toddler offers her trust to her Good Parent. That’s what The Little Way is all about. And even the busiest among us, if we take a moment to pause, can find ways to weave it into our daily lives. Whether we’re in prison, the free world, or anywhere else, The Little Way reminds us that Christ can be found everywhere—if we’re quiet enough to search for Him and respond to Him, no matter how unlikely the place where He appears.

The End.

[1] 197, ST. Quoting St. John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle, stanza 29, no. 2, Collected Works, p. 587