Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
On Thursday, 16 February 1882, Pauline Martin received her Carmelite vocation in a light-filled instant of grace at holy Mass. "I had never thought of the Carmel, and in one moment I found myself being impelled there with an irresistible attraction."
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St. Zélie Martin was an admirer of Blessed Marie of the Incarnation—better known as Madame Acarie, who was born 1 February 1566. Marie Martin recalls her mother's desire to be as generous as Barbe Acarie.
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After St. Thérèse’s tearful encounter with Pope Leo XIII on 20 November 1887, her sister Céline wrote to Marie in the Lisieux Carmel to explain everything. Pauline then wrote to her father on 23 November: the Pope “saw the halo that already circles your forehead.”
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In 1885 St. Louis Martin accompanied a priest on a pilgrimage to Constantinople, Athens, and Rome. While in Constantinople he wrote a newsy letter on this date to his daughter Marie, praising her for doing an excellent job of managing the household. He also described in some detail the sights that he had seen.
In 1921 Pauline and Marie Martin - Sister Agnès of Jesus and Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart - had the happy fortune to visit their childhood home in Lisieux, a rare privilege, although Pauline doesn't give the reasons for the honor. But she describes the visit in detail...
When St. Thérèse was still an infant on the farm with her wet nurse Rose, St. Zélie Martin describes one visit she made to the farm to visit little Thérèse. "She let out piercing screams when she didn't see the wet nurse anymore."
On this day in 1888, young Thérèse Martin entered the Carmel of Lisieux. Her sister Marie wrote that day to their father, St. Louis Martin: "O best of fathers, how accountable we would be if we didn’t become saints, and if we didn’t follow in the footsteps of your generosity… "
Formerly, little Mother, I used to like to think that in heaven I would know all the marvels of nature, all the beauty of the stars and their immensity. Now, all that holds little interest for me, and I desire only one thing — to lose myself in Him Who has done so many wonderful things....
I was delighted to hear that today all three of you are in the little House of the Blessed Virgin [At Loreto, on 12th–13th November 1887]… One must no longer feel outside one’s Homeland there. It’s the Homeland in exile.
"I wouldn’t hesitate to answer, ‘My God, I want to die at eighty, for I’m not seeking my own glory but simply Your pleasure’."
Thérèse made her First Communion on 8 May 1884, at the age of 11 years and 4 months
From 7th April to 10th May, the day on which the Blessed Virgin healed her, Therese remained in a sorry state
I cannot help believing that these words of Our Lord were spoken for you and for our little Thérèse
Eternity is not long enough for us to know the infinite goodness of the good God
I asked Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus to write down what I called “her little way of trust and love”
"Oh! I would not want to suffer for a shorter time!"
We're all more or less ill with the flu
You mustn’t be discouraged, but have great confidence in God
Suddenly, a very bright light came into my soul
Let us love the good Lord well!
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