Thursday, July 23, 2020

A modern day Therese of Lisieux

My life is very little.


I can’t walk;
I can’t sit up straight;
I can’t feed myself.


If you and I meet,
the first thing you’ll notice
will be my body crumpled
in a wheelchair.


Once I could at least
sit up, but now my weak neck and
spine are bent so badly that my head
falls heavily upon my left shoulder
and my hunched back.






So writes Christina Chase,
whose “littleness” is as humble as
that of the Little Flower, and whose
spiritual power is, by every discernible
measure, of comparable intensity.


Crippled though she is,
Christina’s fearful disabilities have led
her not into anger or despair, but rather into
a profound and exceptional encounter
with God’s love itself.






Christina has been graced
with extraordinary insights into the
similar helplessness of Jesus Christ,
the majestic King of the universe.


 When born of the Virgin Mary,
Jesus entered into a condition similar
to Christina’s: unable to feed Himself
or even lift His head.


From that littleness — hers
and His — Christina draws forth
a marvelous wisdom that shows that
as creatures we are all, in a
sense, paralyzed.


But no matter.


For out of infinite love for us,
Jesus chose to join us in our littleness
in order to save us!


Christ exposed Himself
to the limitations of time, space
and circumstance, even subjecting
Himself to death on the Cross.



Author Christina Chase and her father


These pages by brilliantly
inspired, wheelchair-bound
Christina make clear how much
Jesus loves you, no matter how
little or crippled you may be,
spiritually or otherwise.



Yes, He loves you!


Meditating on this magnificent
fact yields a joy that transcends
even the greatest physical or
mental suffering . . .


. . . a joy that is Christina’s,
despite her abject physical state,
and that can, with the help of this
stunning book, be
yours as well.

It's Good to Be Here: A Disabled Woman's Reflections on God in the Flesh and the Sacred Wonder of Being Human
by Christina Chase
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