Generations of Catholics have admired this young saint, called her the "Little Flower", and found in her short life more inspiration for their own lives than in volumes by theologians. Yet Therese died when she was 24, after having lived as cloistered Carmelite for less than ten years. She never went on missions, never founded a religious order, never performed great works. The only book of hers, published after her death, was an brief edited version of her journal called "Story of a Soul." (Collections of her letters and restored versions of her journals have been published recently.) But within 28 years of her death, the public demand was so great that she was canonized. Saint Therese teaches us that a person does not have to do great things in order to become a Saint. Her sanctification came about because her great love for God brought her to become little. In every day small actions of love she has become an example to us all. Saint Therese said she would spend her heaven in doing good upon earth. Before her Beatification The Carmel of Lisieux was receiving on average 60 letters a day of the miracles and favors granted through her intercession
10 апр 2018
