When Therese was eight years old she was
cured because of the intercession of our Lady.
When Therese was still very young she
did kind little deeds for everyone. She prepared for her First Holy Communion by
making many little sacrifices. She became a very special friend of Jesus. She
once said, “From the age of three, I never refused our good God anything. I have
never given him anything but love.”
Therese entered the Carmelite convent at
the age of fifteen. She wanted to save souls, and to help priests save souls, by
prayer, sacrifice, and suffering. Her “Little Way” means loving and trusting in
God as a child.
When she was dying, Therese pressed her
crucifix to her heart and, looking up to heaven she said: “I love Him! My God, I
love You!” She was only twenty-four years old when she died in October 1, 1897.
Saint Therese is the patroness of the
foreign missions.
We ask You Jesus to give us the grace to
be more like the saints.
From the Book of
Saints - by Father Lovasik.
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