1st OCTOBER: ST THERESE OF LISIEUX, VIRGIN
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1. Therese of the Child Jesus was born in Alencon, France, of respectable and pious parents. Her mother died when Therese was five years old.
Desiring to enter the Order of the Discalced Carmelites
#StThereseOfLisieux
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1. Therese of the Child Jesus was born in Alencon, France, of respectable and pious parents. Her mother died when Therese was five years old.
Desiring to enter the Order of the Discalced Carmelites
#StThereseOfLisieux
2. but, not being the proper age, she met with many obstacles in embracing the religious life. She courageously overcame these difficulties and was happily admitted to the Carmel at Lisieux at the age of fifteen. There she burned with extraordinary
3. love for God and her neighbour.
THE “LITTLE WAY”
Following the way of spiritual childhood according to the teaching of the Gospel, she taught it to others, especially to the novices. Consumed with the same love, two years before her death,
THE “LITTLE WAY”
Following the way of spiritual childhood according to the teaching of the Gospel, she taught it to others, especially to the novices. Consumed with the same love, two years before her death,
4. she offered herself as a victim of love to the merciful God. She passed on to her Spouse on September 30, 1897. Pope Pius XI at the time of the great Jubilee, 1925, solemnly listed her among the saints. He declared her the special patroness of all the missions.
5. PRAYER:
O Lord, who said: “Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven,” grant us, we beseech you, so to follow the footsteps of blessed Therese, the Virgin, in humility and simplicity of heart that we may obtain everlasting rewards.
O Lord, who said: “Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven,” grant us, we beseech you, so to follow the footsteps of blessed Therese, the Virgin, in humility and simplicity of heart that we may obtain everlasting rewards.
6. Who live...
(From: An Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964)
(From: An Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964)
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