In the Heart of the World

by Teresa, Mother; Benenate, Becky

• ISBN13: 9781577310655
• ISBN10: 1577310659
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: New World Library

Summary

Divided into three sections--Thoughts, Prayer, and Stories--this powerful collection speaks to the principles of selflessness, forgiveness, compassion, and spiritual strength that have guided this diminutive heroine along the steep and rocky paths she has chosen to pursue.

Table of Contents

PART I. THOUGHTS	11	(42)
On Compassion	11	(6)
On Silence	17	(8)
On Joy	25	(6)
On Contemplation	31	(6)
On Generosity	37	(8)
On Sacrifice	45	(8)
PART II. STORIES	53	(34)
Remember the Small Things	53	(2)
The Distressing Disguise of Suffering	55	(2)
Giving Freely	57	(2)
To Notice Beauty in Others	59	(2)
Opening the Heart	61	(2)
To Die Like an Angel	63	(2)
Abandonment Is an Awful Poverty	65	(2)
The Warmth of a Hand	67	(2)
To Give of Yourself	69	(2)
Sharing Love with Others	71	(2)
The Great Gift of Love	73	(2)
The Tenderness of God	75	(2)
A Home, A Gift	77	(2)
A Beautiful Example of Love	79	(2)
Generous and Great People	81	(6)
PART III. PRAYERS	87
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace	87	(2)
Shine Through Me	89	(4)
Blessed Are You Among Women	93	(2)
With Deep Gratitude	95	(2)
Holy, Holy, Holy	97	(2)
Our Father	99	(4)
Come, Let Us Bow Down	103	(2)
O Jesus, You Who Suffer	105