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."
Marie du jour 2022, 23 May: Paul-Marie of the Cross, OCD
Father Paul-Marie of the Cross explains the meaning of the Marian title, "Beauty of Carmel." For Carmelites, Mary is the brightness of eternal light...
Quote of the day, 10 May: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Thérèse explains that during her novitiate she had difficulty during her one-on-one sessions with her novice mistress: "I had never become accustomed to speaking about my soul and I didn’t know how to express what was going on within it."
Quote of the day, 1 May: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
In the Gospel reading for Third Sunday of Easter, Jesus asks Peter, "do you love me more than these?" Saint Thérèse explains in a letter that she makes Peter's response to Jesus her one and only prayer before the Tabernacle: "My God, you know that I love You."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux: On the evening of Love
On the evening of Love, speaking without parable, Jesus said: "If anyone wishes to love me All his life, let him keep my Word.
Quote of the day, 29 March: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
May the things of earth never be able to trouble my soul, and may nothing disturb my peace. Jesus, I ask you for nothing but peace...
Quote of the day, 16 March: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Coming to him, we shall love him always. We want him to remain, filled with peace, In our Love!
Quote of the day, 31 January: Guy Gaucher, O.C.D.
A picture of Jesus crucified slipped from her missal. No one was collecting the blood he had shed. Thérèse decided that she would henceforth remain, in spirit, at the foot of that cross to collect that blood for sinners.
Quote of the day, 16 January: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
At Cana, seeing the married couple's anxiety which they cannot hide, for they have run out of wine, in your concern you tell the Savior, hoping for the help of his divine power.
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, 2 December: Blessed Marie-Eugène
Any attempt to arrive at a mysticism without dogma is contrary to the doctrine of Saint John of the Cross and to the very nature of contemplation.
Quote of the day, 20 November: Céline Martin
Céline tells us that Thérèse "received an audience with the Holy Father on Sunday 20th November 1887 with the pilgrims of the dioceses of Coutances, Bayeux, and Nantes"
Quote of the day, 31 October: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
This year, dear Mother, God has given me the grace to understand what charity is... I had never fathomed the meaning of these words of Jesus: ”You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Quote of the day, 23 October: Maurice Bellière
How I thank you, Mother, for having shown me so much charity... Moreover, who did you give me for a sister? A saint, an angel, as you yourself say!
Quote of the day, 21 October: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Thérèse writes to Abbé Maurice Bellière, "I am asking Him that you may be not only a good missionary but a saint all on fire with the love of God and souls; I beg you to obtain also for me this love so that I may help you in your apostolic work."
Quote of the day, 12 July: Léonie Martin
How good of Him to have made this flower of Paradise bloom in our home! But our dear parents were worthy of possessing her.
Quote of the day: Battlefield miracles of St. Thérèse
"Walk! Walk ahead, and take the path to the right"... he managed to find other stragglers from his division.
Quote of the day, 23 June: St. Thérèse
I wanted to be a missionary of love and penance like Saint Teresa, my seraphic Mother
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