The Holiness of Ordinary People
"The Holiness of Ordinary People" by Madeleine Delbrêl explores the lay vocation's sanctity within everyday life. Through inspiring essays, the French poet and lay missionary reveals how Christ's presence touches the mundane, urging believers to find holiness in daily tasks. This 187-page paperback offers profound insights into living a life inspired by faith in the ordinary. Perfect for those seeking to deepen their spiritual journey in everyday moments.
- Insights into the lay vocation in the Church
- How holiness is found in the midst of the everyday
- Collected essays and notes by Madeleine Delbrêl
- French poet, social worker, and lay missionary
- Inspirational essays on everyday holiness
French poet, social worker, and lay missionary Madeleine Delbrêl knew that Christ's unspeakable goodness touches the smallest, most forgotten corners of our everyday world—the laundry, the checkout counter, the commute. His word shines before us "while we walk in the street, while we do our work, while we peel our vegetables, while we wait for a phone call, while we sweep our floors. We see it glow between two of our neighbor's sentences and between two letters to write, when we wake up and when we go to sleep." Yet prayer alone gives us the eyes to see it.
This book gathers together essays and notes written by Delbrêl during her most active years, giving peerless insights into the distinctive lay vocation in the Church. All men and women—married and unmarried—must follow the Holy Spirit into all that is true in this world, from the small talk around the coffeepot to the great silence of the Holy Eucharist.
"The holy Church expects saints," she tells us, "and saints are those who love."
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- "The Holiness of Ordinary People" by Madeleine Delbrêl explores the lay vocation's sanctity within everyday life. Through inspiring essays, the French poet and lay missionary reveals how Christ's presence touches the mundane, urging believers to find
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- holiness in daily tasks. This 187-page paperback offers profound insights into living a life inspired by faith in the ordinary. Perfect for those seeking to deepen their spiritual journey in everyday moments.
The Holiness of Ordinary People
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