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 Thy spirit of love the soul of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, grant that we may also love Thee, and make Thee much loved. Amen.
Saint Therese, we ask your prayers for women who have left the religious life: that, like your sister Leonie, they may come through their grief to the fullness of joy in Christ.
O God, who didst inflame with Thy spirit of love the soul of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, grant that we may also love Thee, and make Thee much loved. Amen.
Leonie’s Longing Prayer: Saint Therese, you knew what it was to suffer doubt and anxiety over your vocation. We ask your intercession for all those who are seeking their true calling after leaving the religious life, that they may find and know God’s will.
Closing Prayer: O God, who didst inflame with Thy spirit of love the soul of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, grant that we may also love Thee, and make Thee much loved. Amen.
“If thou fearest thy vow,” said the Pope, “we release thee from the vow.”
“Holy Father,” answered Clare, “absolve me from my sins if thou wilt, but never do I wish to be released in any way from following Christ for ever.”
Happy Feast Day to all our Franciscan and former Franciscan readers!
Happy Feast Day to all Benedictines and former Benedictines!
From Chapter 72 of the Rule of Saint Benedict: Just as there is an evil zeal of bitterness which separates from God and leads to hell, so there is a good zeal which separates from vices and leads to God and to life everlasting. This zeal, therefore, the sisters should practice with the most fervent love. Thus they should anticipate one another in honor (Rom. 12:10); most patiently endure one another’s infirmities, whether of body or of character; vie in paying obedience one to another — no one following what she considers useful for herself, but rather what benefits another — ; tender the charity of sisterhood chastely; fear God in love; love their Abbess with a sincere and humble charity; prefer nothing whatever to Christ. And may He bring us all together to life everlasting!
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