Catholic Caucus - St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux

[history_matters]

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 Heart
Just for today.

Living Bread, Bread of Heaven, divine Eucharist,
O sacred Mystery! that Love has brought forth...
Come live in my heart, Jesus, my white Host,
Just for today.

Deign to unite me to you, Holy and sacred Vine,
And my weak branch will give you its fruit,
And I'll be able to offer you a cluster of golden grapes
Lord, from today on.

I've just this fleeting day to form
This cluster of love, whose seeds are souls.
Ah! give me, Jesus, the fire of an Apostle
Just for today.

Saint Therese of Lisieux
Doctor of the Church.

[Nubbin]

Whoops! Misspelled her name. That should be St. Therese. The above was a prayer of St. Therese, the following is a prayer to St. Therese.

St. Therese,
The Little Flower,
please pick me a Rose
from the Heavenly
Garden and sent it to
me with a Message of Love.

Ask God to grant
me the Favor I thee
implore and tell Him
I will Love Him each
day More and More.

[history_matters]

Hi -- just to let you know that I am praying for your daughter's fever to abate and for tomorrow to be a glorious day for her First Eucharist. Blessed be God!

[history_matters]

Speaking of Blessed be God ..... ping!

[history_matters]

ping!

[Marie Antoinette]

Lovely! Thank you for the ping, my youngest daughter has Therese as her middle name :-)

BTW, we had our baby last Sunday, a boy - that makes three of each :-)

God bless!!

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Congratulations!!

[Angelique]

Thank you for bringing me here. It has been such a long time since I have thought of St. Therese. About her same age when she entered the convent is when I read about her, and her deep love for God, the Holy Trinity, and her journey on finding meaning in pursuing her love.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

BUMP....

BTW: Did anyone post the Padre Pio article some weeks ago.One of his statues was shedding tears of blood in Italy and it was investigated by the Church.

[BlessedBeGod]

LOL! And I'm a Secular Carmelite to boot!

Thanks for the ping to a wonderful thread !!!

[BlessedBeGod]

I think this is the one you're talking about: Italian Statue "Weeps Blood"

[BlessedBeGod]

The home page of the Carmelite monastery where she lived.

AVAILABLE BOOKS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF CARMELITE STUDIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.: (Click on each to read about it.)

Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Translated from the critical edition by John Clarke, OCD, 3rd ed. (1997).
Includes general and biblical index, with 8 pages of photos.
300 pages, paper, $11.95.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations
Translated from the critical edition by John Clarke, OCD.
Includes general and biblical index, with 12 photos.
352 pages, paper, $11.95.

The Letters Of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and Those Who Knew Her: General Correspondence, Volume 1
Translated from the critical edition by John Clarke, OCD.
Includes 4 pages of facsimiles of Thérèse's letters.
700 pages, paper, $16.95.

The Letters of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and Those Who Knew Her: General Correspondence, Volume 2
Translated from the critical edition by John Clarke, OCD.
Includes 4 pages of facsimiles of Thérèse's letters, plus general and biblical index to both volumes.
688 pages, paper, $16.95.

The Poetry of St. Thérèse Of Lisieux
Translated by Donald Kinney, OCD
Complete collection of Thérèse's poems, translated from the critical edition, with 6 photos.
352 pages, paper, $12.95.

The Prayers of St. Thérèse Of Lisieux
Translated by Aletheia Kane, OCD
Complete collection of Thérèse's independent prayers, translated from the critical edition, with 9 pages of photos.
108 pages, paper, $9.95.

St. Thérèse Of Lisieux: Her Life, Times, and Teaching
Edited by Conrad De Meester, OCD.
Large size, lavishly illustrated volume, with 200 photos and 14 chapters by leading experts on Thérèse's message and meaning for today.
300 pages, cloth, $44.95.

Thérèse, the Little Child of God's Mercy
by Ëngel de les Gavarres.
An exploration of St. Thérèse's spiritual journey, using her own words.
384 pages, paper, $20.

These are the critical translations and have lots of extra notes. Don't be put off by that and think that they are too intellectual -- they're not.

If you order (can be same or different titles or any combination):

1 or 2 books 20% off
3 or 4 books 30% off
5 or more 40% off.

[Salvation]

You do such a good job defending our Faith on other threads. God bless!

Sometimes I wonder why I do. They have their own interpretation and don't seem to be open to discussion -- just Catholic bashing.

I will go back to the Catholic Haters thread later and see what comments I get from my remarks about the EXACT words used in absolution. The priestly power comes directly from Jesus Christ through His Death and Resurrection. (They were talking about Catholics having to do penance.)

Strange.........did not John the Baptist phrophesy, "Repent."

[Salvation]

Thanks for all those links!

[history_matters]

Just wanted to flag you to this nice thread now with some good links from BlessedBeGod.

God bless!

[dansangel]

h_m: thanks for the ping. I needed to read this thread. You must have been reading my mind.

Salvation: keep up the good work. I tend to lurk more than I should on the Catholic-bashing threads, for lack of confidence in what I have to say. You do a wonderful job. Thank-you, too, for the history of St. Therese.

[redhead]

We have a "little litany" we include before our daily rosary. St. Joseph, spouse of Mary and Guardian of the Church, St. Maximillian, St. Faustina, St. Teresa of Avila, Ven. Solanus Casey, Bl. Padre Pio, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We chose St. Teresa because she was such a "prayer warrior." She is our patroness whenever we pick up our rosaries, and leads the way into battle.

Answered prayer: We have prayed for the last couple of years that this scandal would be exposed, including the evil bishops. Has anyone else been praying for this?

[Domestic Church]

"just to let you know that I am praying for your daughter's fever to abate and for tomorrow to be a glorious day for her First Eucharist. Blessed be God!" ***********Thank you for your prayers and all who posted to this thread for such wondeful inspiration and focus. It was a glorious morning for First Eucharist here even though the weather report said rain and our tulips all opened at once! I really feel St.Therese interceded in lowering the fever and keeping the younger children from being ill too. Deo gratias.

[history_matters]

  We have a "little litany" we include before our daily rosary. St. Joseph, spouse of Mary and Guardian of the Church, St. Maximillian, St. Faustina, St. Teresa of Avila, Ven. Solanus Casey, Bl. Padre Pio, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Yes, we have been praying for it to be exposed and uprooted. It was first suggested to me as an object of prayer by a dear secular Carmelite.

Your litany is similar to the one we say after the Rosary except we add St. Vincent de Paul, Protector of the Clergy, as well as St. Therese. I have a personal devotion to Ven. Solanus Casey. I believe he is interceding mightily for the exposure of all evil in the Church and for the growth of genuine vocations.

[history_matters]

Thank you for this beautiful report. Thanks be to God!

[patent]

Hah! Congratulations. Now we have even farther to go to catch up!

God bless you and the little one,

patent