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White Double WONDER-WORKER AS IS THE SAINT OF TODAY, fulfilling her dying prophecy, “After my death I will let fall a shower of roses,” she is her own greatest miracle. Her world-wide popularity, to which is united in most cases a devotion which has reorientated many a life, and in all has been a stimulus and an encouragement, is recognized to be phenomenal. It has been said with respect to doctrinal definitions that the faithful have a passive “infallibility,” whereby their need answers exactly to the definition; the same would seem to be true in the case of devotions...

On St. Thérèse of Lisieux "This Love Has a Face, It Has a Name, It Is Jesus" VATICAN CITY, APRIL 6, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the Italian-language catechesis Benedict XVI gave today during the general audience held in St. Peter's Square. Continuing with the cycle of catecheses on Doctors of the Church, the Pope centered his meditation on the figure of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897). * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to speak to you about St. Thérèse of Lisieux, [also known as] Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy...

Different Bishop, different morals: In the last years the Society of Pius X has celebrated with thousands of faithful in open air High Masses behind the Basilica of Lisieux. Tomorrow the Faithful may use the Basilica. [kreuz.net, Lisieux]Tomorrow afternoon the Society of Saint Pius X will celebrate the Old Rite in the Basilica of St. Lisieux. The Society has published this on their French Website. The yearly pilgrimage on foot to Liseux was organized from the Priory of the Society in the village Gavrus in Normandy.

A Catholic Church in Toronto is hoping for a miracle — that the thief who stole a saint's relic will have a change of heart and return the holy object. The relic of St. Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of missions, is a small piece of her body — about the size of a quarter — which could have easily fit in the pocket of the thief. Jane Fleming, spokeswoman for St. Michael's Catholic Church, said the thief may have pretended to be praying at the saint's shrine while he or she removed the relic's Plexiglas cover and stole it...

On this Sunday dedicated to the missions, the parents of the patroness of missionaries -- the "Little Flower" Therese of Lisieux -- were beatified together this morning at their daughter's French shrine. Noting the "paucity of lay saints -- more specifically, married ones," one Therese devotee welcomes Louis and Zélie Martin to the ranks of the blessed... in the pages of the Wall Street Journal: After their wedding in Alençon, France, on July 13, 1858, Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin refrained from sex for 10 months. The impetus for that arrangement, known as a "Josephite marriage" (after the celibate...

I was an Anglican priest the summer I met St. Thérèse of Lisieux.I was living in England and had three months free between jobs, so I decided to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. I was going to hitchhike and stay in monasteries and religious houses on the way. The first leg of my journey took me across the English Channel to Normandy. After staying with the Benedictines at the monastery of Bec Hellouin, I headed for the town of Lisieux. As a convert from evangelical American religion, I didn’t know much about the little saint of Lisieux, and what I...

October 1, 2005Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church Psalm: Saturday 42 Reading IBar 4:5-12, 27-29 Fear not, my people!Remember, Israel,You were sold to the nationsnot for your destruction;It was because you angered Godthat you were handed over to your foes.For you provoked your Makerwith sacrifices to demons, to no-gods;You forsook the Eternal God who nourished you,and you grieved Jerusalem who fostered you.She indeed saw coming upon youthe anger of God; and she said: “Hear, you neighbors of Zion!God has brought great mourning upon me,For I have seen the captivitythat the Eternal God...

October 1, 2004 Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church Psalm: Friday 42 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IJb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said: Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place For taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from its surface? The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though it were a garment; But from the wicked the light is withheld, and...

29 SEP 04 Feast of St. Jerome, Priest, Doctor of the Church Tomorrow (01 OCT 04) is the feast day of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Its no accident that on this day the official release of the movie 'Therese - The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux' takes place. Luke Films, the film's producer has done a supposedly exquisite job in telling the story of Therese for all to experience. My family and I will be seeing this movie tomorrow. I hope you will join us. Much can be learned from St. Therese's life. The theaters presenting 'Therese'...

ROME, MAY 18, 2003 (Zenit.org) - Vatican officials and missionaries get a 'sneak' preview of the new, major motion picture depicting the life of St. Thèrése of Lisieux. The screening of "Thèrése" was sponsored by the Pontifical Mission Societies and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. St. Therese is honored as the patroness of the missions. The film aims to tell the story of St. Thèrése by providing a window into her interior life and spiritual development. Lindsay Younce, a recent convert to Catholicism from the Society of Friends, stars as St. Thèrése. Commenting on Younce's performance, Carmelite priest...

I know some Catholic FReepers are Third Order Carmelites and others have an interest in the Little Flower, so I thought we might discuss her Little Way -- or perhaps simply post quotes from her that have been meaningful in our lives as Christians. Living Bread Ah! Lord let me hide in your face. There I'll no longer hear the world's vain noise. Give me your love, keep me in your grace Just for today. Near your divine Heart, I forget all passing things.I no longer dread the fears of the night. Ah! Jesus, give me a place in your...