Raising Saints: A Meditation for the Canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin
The canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin, parents of Saint Therese, is set for October 18th, 2015! To celebrate, here is a post about the difficult and beautiful process of growing toward sainthood as a family, written by mother of four Elissa Jasko. Several months...
School of Love: much more than “Holiness Boot Camp”
Ever seen Kung Fu Panda? I watched the movie with my postulant class and felt at the time like it pretty much described our early religious experience. Rigorous training and self-discovery were on the menu, served up with bok choy and steaming, hot rice. It got me...
The Feast of Saint Therese: Ninth Day of the Novena
Saint Therese, your love could not be contained within the boundaries of one vocation: you longed to give everything to God. Teach us, too, to extend our love beyond any limitations we have set, and to seek new paths in the service of Christ all our days. O God, who...
Neither Lilies nor Roses
By AfterEpiphany. St Therese of Lisieux, when pondering the symbolism of the garden for which she has become so famous, wrote that she realised that we couldn't all be roses and lilies. She personally identified more with a smaller, less significant flower, and she...
Novena to Saint Therese: Eighth Day
Saint Therese, your love was refined in the fires of suffering: teach us to turn our eyes to Jesus in trust and hope, so that we too may learn to love in times of difficulty. O God, who didst inflame with Thy spirit of love the soul of Saint Therese of the Child...
Novena to Saint Therese: Seventh Day
Saint Therese, as you once consoled Leonie when she left the religious life, we ask your intercession for all who are suffering in heart, mind and soul, that they may be drawn ever closer to the true peace that lies in the Heart of Jesus. O God, who didst inflame with...
Novena to Saint Therese: Sixth Day
Saint Therese, you endured the pain of loss when Christ seemed silent: we ask your prayers for those who entered the convent seeking union with Him, and now suffer from the sense that He is distant. Remind us that He is with us always, as He was always near to you. O...
Novena to Saint Therese: Fifth Day
Saint Therese, Doctor of the Church, whose writings gave renewed strength and sense of purpose to your sister Leonie in her vocation, we ask you to pray that all who have left the religious life may find the work that God has prepared for them, and receive from Him...
Novena to Saint Therese: Fourth Day
Saint Therese, we ask your intercession for those who struggle to pray after leaving the religious life. Through your help, may they come to know the presence of Christ in everyday life. O God, who didst inflame with Thy spirit of love the soul of Saint Therese of the...
Novena to Saint Therese: Third Day
Saint Therese, we ask your intercession for those who have many years of work ahead, building Christ's Kingdom in the world: with the help of your prayers, may the love of God be proclaimed without fear through the lives of His faithful. O God, who didst inflame with...
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