Carmelite homily for Lectionary 144 – Sunday, October 13, 2019
In her autobiography, Story of a Soul, Saint Therese talks about prayer. She writes, “For me, prayer is an aspiration of the heart, an upward glance toward heaven; with gratitude and love in times of trial and of joy.” Notice that there are no words to this description of prayer of hers. In today’s Gospel, we have the lepers coming to Jesus but we have no words from them. I think oftentimes prayer and gratitude and love aren’t words – they are just heart. Let us be filled with heart today.