Pauline Martin explains that Thérèse "could have legitimately taken the Habit... before the end of October, but she in fact didn’t take the Habit until 10th January 1889."
Quote of the day, 10 January: Mother Agnès of Jesus, O.C.D.
Quote of the day, 2 January: Mother Agnès of Jesus, O.C.D.
We recall the birth of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and share excerpts from the testimony of Pauline Martin concerning the Saint's birth on 2 January 1873
Quote of the day, 15 December: Mother Agnès of Jesus
We must be in darkness to see the divine light pass over us...
Quote of the day, 12 November: Agnès of Jesus, O.C.D.
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.
Quote of the day, 6 April: Pauline Martin
The day of my Habit Reception, 6th April 1883, my poor little Thérèse, who was very sick at that time, came to embrace me before the ceremony
Quote of the day: 29 October
She positively believed that the good Lord couldn't do anything to her if she was in her mother's arms
Quote of the day: 30 September
"Oh! I would not want to suffer for a shorter time!"
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Day 9
Don’t think that when I’m in Heaven I’ll make your life easy
Quote of the day: 29 September
How do I die? I will never know how to die!
Quote of the day: 28 September
Earthly air is missing, when will the good Lord give me heavenly air?
Quote of the day: 27 September
I like Lourdes water better, it's more pious
Quote of the day: 26 September
See, that's an image of me, my life is hanging on by a tiny thread.
Quote of the day: 25 September
A little victim of love can't think that what her Spouse sends her out of love is awful
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Introduction
A novena based on Poem 45, "My Joy!" written by St. Thérèse for her sister Pauline's feast day, 21 January 1897
Quote of the day: 3 July
Thursday the wet nurse brought little Thérèse. She did nothing but laugh
Quote of the day: 17 June
You will rest in that blessed crypt… but please wait a little longer.
Quote of the day: 23 May
The elevator that should lift me up without fatigue
Quote of the day: 13 May
The Blessed Virgin keeps us together under her mantle
Quote of the day: 2 March
Obedience can, if you wish it, become what wings are to a bird
Quote of the day: 29 February
Jesus in the Host wants to find Heaven in your childlike heart
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