St Therese’s joy amidst suffering

In her Story of a Soul, she narrates an incident in the convent laundry of Lisieux where she worked opposite a Sister who would splash her with dirty water while washing the handkerchiefs. She refrained from her inclination to draw back and wipe her face to show the Sister how much this annoyed her. This may seem very small, but the self-will is as well denied and curbed in small things as in great things.