News Item: : St. Therese of Liseux
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Wednesday 01 October 2008 - 15:47:40
St. Therese is one of our favourites! Over the years she has given us little roses in the most unlikely of circumstances, and at times when we most needed affirmation, all of which we have taken as a sign of her help and intercession.
When one considers how much this little saint packed into her 24 years in terms of spiritual growth it is amazing!
At times we can grow very discouraged, especially in our frailty or when looking at the problems in the church or at the state of the world. Yet, St. Therese helps us look upwards to heaven with renewed hope. She desired to be a missionary, yet was restricted to her cloister. There she learned a great key to peace and fulfillment, which she wrote in her journal,
IÂ prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.Â
Love is the key. This is something well worth remembering in all our apostolic and evangelical efforts. Another is the fact that many of the seeds she sewed in hearts and in culture did not bear fruit until long after her lifetime on earth. Several years ago we went to honour her relics which were then visiting the shrine of Knock in Ireland. The basilica was packed with swathes of pilgrims. Somebody in the long line remarked with vigour 'Who says the faith is dead in Ireland?' Unknown during her life, she was now fulfilling her missionary endeavours. We can't wait for the visit of her relics to England next year!
St. Therese of Liseux, Doctor of the Church - pray for us!
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Posted by admin
Wednesday 01 October 2008 - 15:47:40
St. Therese is one of our favourites! Over the years she has given us little roses in the most unlikely of circumstances, and at times when we most needed affirmation, all of which we have taken as a sign of her help and intercession.When one considers how much this little saint packed into her 24 years in terms of spiritual growth it is amazing!
At times we can grow very discouraged, especially in our frailty or when looking at the problems in the church or at the state of the world. Yet, St. Therese helps us look upwards to heaven with renewed hope. She desired to be a missionary, yet was restricted to her cloister. There she learned a great key to peace and fulfillment, which she wrote in her journal,
IÂ prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.Â
Love is the key. This is something well worth remembering in all our apostolic and evangelical efforts. Another is the fact that many of the seeds she sewed in hearts and in culture did not bear fruit until long after her lifetime on earth. Several years ago we went to honour her relics which were then visiting the shrine of Knock in Ireland. The basilica was packed with swathes of pilgrims. Somebody in the long line remarked with vigour 'Who says the faith is dead in Ireland?' Unknown during her life, she was now fulfilling her missionary endeavours. We can't wait for the visit of her relics to England next year!
St. Therese of Liseux, Doctor of the Church - pray for us!
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