The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a “bramble” as: 1: any of a genus (Rubus) of usually prickly shrubs of the rose family including the raspberries and blackberries; also: the fruit of a bramble 2: a rough prickly shrub or vine Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a young Carmelite nun of the late 19th Century, describes souls as … Continue reading A Bramble in the Garden of the Lord