More wisdom from Madeleine Delbrêl

 
 
 

Every small action is an immense event in which Paradise is given to us, in which we can give Paradise. Whatever we have to do: take up a broom or a pen; speak or keep quiet; do the mending or give a lecture; tend to a sick person or type on a machine.

—Madeleine Delbrêl

from her book, The Holiness of Ordinary People

 

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EVERYDAY HOLY

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. 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.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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