For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven.

It is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

- Therese of Lisieux

Lisa Lickona is a nationally recognized writer and speaker. Her work was featured daily in the pages of Magnificat for eight years. She currently teaches systematic and spiritual theology at Saint Bernard’s School of Theology in Rochester, New York, where she leads monthly retreats on the lives of the saints. She and her large family have lived in upstate New York for twenty years.