September 26
“The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux Read the rest…
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Grace
June 26
“How often have I thought that I may owe all the graces I’ve received to the prayers of a person who begged them from God for me, and whom I shall know only in heaven.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux Read the rest…
Soldier
“Each time that my enemy would provoke me to combat, I behave as a gallant soldier.”
– St. Thérèse of Lisieux Read the rest…
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice
January 15
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words. I know it by experience.
St. Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul Read the rest…
Women of Grace: St. Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582)
St. Teresa of Avila shows us it is never too late to get serious about our prayer life. Born Dona Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada, Teresa was an active child with a big imagination and great sensitivity of heart. Little Teresa and her brother Roderigo were intrigued by the lives of the saints and the martyrs, and often sought to imitate their holy example. Read the rest…
October 13th and the Miracle of the Sun
Eye witnesses to the “Miracle of the Sun.”
From the earliest times, the history of the Church is studded with appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary. One such apparition happened when Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children in the small hamlet of Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal. Read the rest…
Women of Grace: St. Therese of Lisieux
I’ve always loved St. Thérèse of Lisieux. From the time I heard her story as a child in Catholic grade-school, her story and writings have resonated in my soul. So much did I love our “Little Flower” that I composed a prayer card in her honor when I was eight years old, which you can read below. Read the rest…
All You Little Ones! Come & Explore the Little Way
All you who are too weak for stiff penances, too insecure for bold professions, and too certain you’ll never soar with the eagles of the faith, join our October 1 webinar to celebrate our only route to sanctity – St. Therese’s Little Way of Spiritual Childhood!
Women of Grace: St. Therese of Lisieux
St. Therese of Lisieux (1873 – 1897)
Hidden behind the walls of the Carmelite convent she entered at age fifteen, St. Therese was struck down by tuberculosis in her early twenties. There was nothing remarkable about the young nun, nothing to suggest that she would become one of the most beloved of all the saints. And yet, her “little way,” characterized by the twin virtues of obedience and simplicity, touched so many people that Rome opened her cause for canonization only seventeen years after her death. She was canonized in 1925, proclaimed the universal patron of missions in 1927, and Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997. Read the rest…
Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux to be Beatified Oct. 19
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The beatification of the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux will take place on Mission Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux, France.
