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Saint Therese of Lisieux
Doctor of the Church
1873-1897
Feast Day: October 1 (New), October 3 (Trad)
Patronage: Missions
St. Therese of Lisieux was a French Discalced Carmelite nun, popularly known as The Little Flower. She was a highly influential model of sanctity for others because of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life." She entered Carmel at the early age of 15 and died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Together with St. Francis of Assisi she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the Church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times."
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Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
SAINT THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX, CARMELITE AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
“Until my coming to Carmel, I had never fathomed the depths of the treasures hidden in the Holy Face.
These words of Isaiah, ‘Who has believed our report? … There is no beauty in Him, no comeliness…’ have been the whole foundation of my devotion to the Holy Face, or, to express it better, the foundation of my whole piety. I also have desired to be without beauty, to tread the winepress alone, unknown to every creature.”
– The Last Conversations
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A perfect book to complete on Veterans Day, ‘Stronger Than Steel: Soldiers of the Great War Write to Therese of Lisieux’ (2021), translated by Sœur Marie de l’Enfant Jesus (2014), forward by Fr. Dwight Longenecker. During the First World War of 1914-1918, the presence of Sister Thérèse in the trenches was extraordinarily tangible. The voluminous mail from that period asks for her support and a quantity of ex-voto was offered to the Carmelite Sister as tokens of gratitude. Part of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux are photos of soldiers placed on the grave of St Therese – sometimes by their mother. Due to the numerous requests from soldiers, Rome allowed the minting of medals before the beatification of Thérèse. Different souvenirs were offered to Sister Thérèse as tokens of gratitude: banners, medals, various items such as epaulettes, stripes, spurs, badges, toy soldiers, toy airplanes, toy military ships, etc. Several accounts told by soldiers by mail received during World War I were illustrated by artist Charles Jouvenot. The First World War saw some of the richest (and kitschiest) pieces of material devotional culture produced by the Carmel of Lisieux, where her sister Céline in particular, as an amateur artist and overseer of all the iconography produced by the convent for the growing cult, worked tirelessly to portray her sister in the trenches themselves as her rapidly increasing fame resulted in accounts of miracles on the battlefield. The timing of the war was crucial in this saint’s rise to fame, and less than seven years after the armistice Thérèse was canonized and became Saint Thérèse of Lisieux – ‘the greatest saint of modern times’, according to Pope Pius X. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck3jJUhLEKl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Thought to have its origins in the Christian hermits who lived on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land in the early centuries of Christianity, the Carmelite Order gained new strength in the 13th century, after the Blessed Virgin (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) appeared to Saint Simon Stock, blessing this good work. And through the bold reforms of Saint Teresa of Avila in the 16th century, the Order blossomed and grew throughout the world, giving the Church great saints and confessors.
This new icon features Our Lady of Carmel surrounded by four of the best-known stars in the heaven of the Carmelite Order: Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Therese of Lisieux, Saint John of the Cross, and Saint Edith Stein. It is available in our full range of icon plaques and prints in sizes from 10 inches to 60 inches tall.
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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Saint Therese of Lisieux DVD by Bob & Penny Lord, New.
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Download Lectio Divina for October in PDF, ePub or Mobi formats at https://carmelites.org.au/lectiodivina
"A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul." St. Therese of Lisieux
1 October is the feast day of St Thérèse of Lisieux famous for her teaching on the 'the little way of confidence and love' found in her autobiography, The Story of a Soul.
Thérèse Martin was born in Alencon in France in 1873. Whilst still young she entered the Discalced Carmel of Lisieux. Her writings reveal a very human character. She frequently fell asleep during the long hours of prayer in the monastery chapel.
She always had a strong sense of God's love for her and felt her calling was to be love. 'What matters,' she wrote, 'is not great deeds, but great love'.
She died on 30 September 1897, just 24 years old. She was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997.
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Anecdotal
This is a bit random. But something is making me think about... Russell Crowe. So I'm on YouTube and there he is. As many know, he just did a movie called The Pope's Exorcist. In an interview, he talks about another movie, Unhinged, and a great story about New Orleans and a haunted house having belonged to a crash victim. His movie was about... a crash victim. I'll have to one day sit and have a Russell Crowe movie festival, right after my Catherine Deneuve, Romy Schneider and maybe one more festival. I digress. Back to my story. I belonged to a prayer group with my late friend whose home housed an oiling phenomenon whereby every religious icon oils. There would sometimes be "flows" too, where there'd be a surge and oil would come pouring down these makeshift eavesdroughs her husband made, with pitchers to catch the oil on the end. The Church knew about it, and she'd ask my help with busloads arriving at her townhouse. I met her after a cancer scare. She was mentioned to me by a woman who was part of a Greyhound Rescue organization where I got my first dog Dillon. So on Thursday afternoons, we'd get together about 8-10 of us, in the main oiling room and recite the rosary. (Through my friend, I became consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary). (Not a stretch, since many in our family were of the cloth). On one afternoon, a bus came from Ottawa. About 30-45 people came streaming through. I was preparing the snacks when a commotion happened in the room and I joined the group. Someone was writhing on the floor, foaming at the mouth and speaking foully in an altered voice. A diminutive otherwise meek looking woman who accompanied another older woman. We clasped hands and prayed. I was utterly scared and slightly freaked out, but we persevered until the woman on the ground passed out and then came to, completely confused and not remembering what happened. The group left, and I sat with my friend and her husband, looking at her calm demeanour while I was thoroughly drained. She'd seen similar things before. I never have since, however I'm more attuned now to personality changes maybe. On the upside, my friend's home was where many prayed for miracles and where many returned to say their health diagnosis changed for the better. My friend introduced me to Marmora, a special place in Ontario where I took a terminally ill friend and where she got to "smell the roses" as apparitions of Mary are said to bring. I was miffed it never worked on me but what can you do. I recently also went to my personal favourite shrine called Mount Carmel, in Niagara, to Sainte-Therese de Lisieux. I've gotten small miracles there. I went and began praying also to my late friend as an intercessor, for the recovery of a friend's husband after surgery. All this to circle back to exorcisms. In the summer of 2015, amid the beginning of this current cycle of upheavals, I had a dream and it was set in a room of what looked like Downton Abbey where I fought an amazing dark force that pushed me back twice before I destroyed it once in the room. I felt I killed Satan, quite frankly, not to boast. Although when I saw myself, looking down at the cuts on my legs prior to entering, I was in the form of a man. No ordinary man, I'm sure, but maybe someone who had summoned the small conscious particle of Mary that I make up, along with many others. And it now felt too like only minor demons were left to deal with. I told my friend. It was just a dream... My friend's name was Maureen.
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COMMUNITY
Carmelites are called to live as members of a COMMUNITY. We seek God not as isolated individuals but as brothers and sisters who are committed to supporting one another in prayer and in the service of other people. Living in community involves close personal interaction on a daily basis, which helps each one to grow as a human being. Being community is prophetic in a world which can sometimes tend towards fragmentation and individualism. In community, Carmelites try to accept one another in all their diversity and to see in this reality something of the richness of God and humanity. Building community always demands commitment and generosity but it gives much in return, especially through companionship, support and solidarity in facing the challenges of human living, the needs of the Church and the world.
All Carmelite SERVICE and ministry flow from community living and prayer. Our ministries are varied and, like all Christian service, are directed towards the coming of the Kingdom of God in response to the words of the Lord’s Prayer – your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Like the spirituality of all the major religious orders (Benedictines, Franciscans, etc.), Carmelite spirituality is a distinct preaching of the one Christian message. Through our charism Carmelites blend prayerful contemplation with active service of those around them, and this takes many different forms depending on the time and the place they find themselves in.
Over the centuries ‘Carmel’ has produced some of the greatest Christian thinkers, mystics, and philosophers, such as Teresa of Jesus (of Avila), John of the Cross, and Thérèse of Lisieux (three Carmelite ‘Doctors of the Church’). In the twentieth century, the Carmelite Family bore witness to the Gospel.
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“Before I entered Carmel, when I woke up in the morning, I used to think about what the day could possibly have in store for me, happy or troublesome; and if I foresaw only troubles, I got up depressed. Now it is the opposite. I think only of the pains and sufferings that await me, and I get up so much more joyful and full of courage when I think of the opportunities that I will have to prove my love to Jesus and earn a living for my children, since I am a mother of souls. After that, I kiss my crucifix, I put it gently at my place on the pillow when I am getting dressed, and I say to him, ‘My Jesus, you have worked and wept long enough during the thirty-three years of your life on this poor earth! Today, you rest… It is my turn to fight and to suffer!’”
St. Therese of Lisieux
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Photo detail of St. Therese of Lisieux, surrounded by her Carmelite sisters, doing wash at an outside wash basin at Le Carmel monastery in Lisieux, France.
“Our mission as Carmelites is to form evangelical workers who will save thousands of souls.” – St. Therese of Lisieux
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Happy Feast Day
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Doctor of the Church
1873-1897
Feast Day: October 1 (New), October 3 (Trad)
Patronage: Missions
Saint Therese of Lisieux or Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face was a French Discalced Carmelite nun, popularly known as The Little Flower. She was a highly influential model of sanctity for others because of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life." She entered Carmel at the early age of 15 and died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Together with St. Francis of Assisi she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the Church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times."
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"OH JESUS, HOW LITTLE KNOWN IS THE MERCIFUL LOVE OR YOUR HEART!" (ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS).
"At that very moment Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
"Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
"All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” (Matthew 11: 17.... 25).
Saturday 1st October 2022 of 26th Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of the Little Flower, St Therese of the Child Jesus, also known as St Therese of Lisieux. (1873 - 1897). French Carmelite Nun. Pope Leo XIII granted Therese to enter Carmel at the age of 15 and she died at 24. In 1927, Therese was named the co-patron saint of the Mission. Pope John Paul II made Therese a Doctor of the Church in 1997.
October 1st is also First Saturday in October. October is the month dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. There will be inspiring quotes on the mystery of the Holy Rosary in the Blog for each day of October.
St Therese is one of the most beloved saints in the Church. She is a powerful intercessor and her contribution to spirituality can be summarized thus:
#1 Utter simplicity in everything.
#2 Profound trust in Divine Providence.
St Therese you may say was chosen to be St Therese before she was born. At the age of 6, she had a profound faith in the Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and in the Blessed Sacrament. Asked one day how she was so sure of this, her response was disarming and profound: Jesus said: "This is My Body. This is My Blood." Since Jesus is God and Almighty, nothing is impossible for Him. Does this not remind us of the Blessed Virgin Mary? To the word that She would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit and give birth to the Son of God, she replied: "Be it done to me according to Your word." No fear. No worry. No doubt.
Is there a connection between faith and simplicity? Simplicity in thoughts and habits may facilitate the habit of believing. This seems to be the witness of many saints.
"Unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven." (Matthew 18: 3).
Be simple like Jesus and Therese. Dare to Believe.
"The Rosary is very pleasing to our Mother in heaven; she herself has recommended it. There are two elements of the Holy Rosary: meditation on its mysteries and vocal prayer. The Rosary surely reaches the motherly heart of Mary and moves her to obtain abundant graces for us." (Roman Missal).
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A day with Therese of Lisieux.
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