I have the vocation to be an Apostle... I would like to travel all over the world to preach your name and plant your glorious Cross on the soil of the unbelievers
Quote of the day, 30 November: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Quote of the day, 21 November: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The flower that I pick, O my King, is you!
God’s Mercy is Greater: St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus on Purgatory
"You do a great injury to God in believing you're going to Purgatory. When we love, we can't go there."
Quote of the day, 3 October: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Remember the heavenly affection You heaped on the littlest children.
Quote of the day, 1 October: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"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’."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 9: Jesus
"There are so many things I would like to tell you, but Jesus will make you understand…"
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 8: Possessed by Him
"I'm sure that the Good Lord wouldn't give you the desire to be POSSESSED by Him — by His Merciful Love — if He didn't reserve this favor for you"
1 October: SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS
Born in 1873, Thérèse Martin died in the Carmel of Lisieux 30 September 1897. She was canonized in 1925; in 1997 she was declared a Doctor of the Church by St. John Paul II.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 7: Trust
"It's trust and nothing but trust that must lead us to Love"
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 6: Poor in spirit
"Let's love our littleness, let's love not feeling anything, then we'll be poor in spirit and Jesus will come looking for us"
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 5: Powerless
"We need to agree to remain poor and powerless, and this is the difficult part because 'the truly poor in spirit, where can we find them'?"
Quote of the day, 26 September: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Before I left the world, God gave me the consolation of contemplating at close range the souls of little children.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 4: Transforming love
"The weaker we are, without desires, without virtues, the more suitable we are for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love..."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 3: Ready to suffer
"Aren't you ready to suffer whatever the Good Lord wills? I know you do..."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 2: Loving my littleness
"What pleases him is to see me love my littleness and my poverty... That's my only treasure..."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021, Day 1: My desires
"My desires for martyrdom are nothing... My desires are a consolation that Jesus grants at times to weak souls like mine"
St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2021: Introduction
In this year's novena, our reflections will focus on St. Thérèse's mission to help us love God as she did. Our readings will come from Letter 197, written 17 September 1896 to her sister Marie of the Sacred Heart.
Quote of the day, 8 September: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
O Mary, if I were Queen of Heaven and you were Thérèse...
A Carmelite response to the sexual abuse crisis
In the year 2021, the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis continues. But the wise response of the Carmelite saints endures: prayer, perfection and the search for truth.
Quote of the day, 13 August: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Tell me, Céline, is it for the peach that God has created this pretty pink color, so velvety and so pleasing to see and to touch?
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