In more recent times, St. Therese of Lisieux shows us the courageous way of abandonment into the hands of God to whom she entrusts her littleness. And yet it is not that she has no experience of the feeling of God's absence, a feeling which our century is harshly experiencing: "Sometimes it seems that the little bird (to which she compared herself) cannot believe that anything else exists except the clouds that envelop it.... This is the moment of perfect joy for the poor, weak little thing.... What happiness for it to remain there nevertheless, and to gaze at the invisible light that hides from its faith" (Letter 175. Manuscrits autobiographiques, Lisieux. 1956, p. 52).
For more information about St. Therese of the Child Jesus, see the following links:
Pax Christi,
phatcatholic
-- Pope Paul VI, Gaudete in Domino (On Christian Joy)
For more information about St. Therese of the Child Jesus, see the following links:
- Memorial of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor
- Read The Story of a Soul online
- Divini Amoris Scientia (Apostolic Letter Proclaiming St. Therese of Lisieux a Doctor of the Church)
- Homily at Mass proclaiming Therese to be Doctor of the Church
- Short Biography of St. Therese of Lisieux
- Teresa of Lisieux -- No Plaster Saint
- The Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year: Saint Therese of Lisieux
- National Shrine of the Little Flower
- Patron Saints Index: Therese of Lisieux
- New Advent: St. Therese of Lisieux
- The Secret of the Little Flower
- Lives of the Saints: Saint Therese of Lisieux
- Novena to St. Therese of the Child Jesus
- The Science of Love: A Study of the Teachings of Therese of Lisieux
- Humble Confidence
- St. Therese, Doctor of the Church
- St. Therese of Lisieux: The Last 18 Months
- St. Therese of Lisieux: Patron Saint of Common Sense
- Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience for April 6, 2011, Saint Theresa of Lisieux
- St. Therese's Teacher: Our Lady of the Little Way
Pax Christi,
phatcatholic
