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Therese Martin was canonised on May 17,1925 and today a modern basilica dedicated to her in 1937 graces the skyline of the Normandy town of Lisieux. In October 1999, Mission Sunday, Pope John Paul II proclaimed St Therese a Doctor of The Church. We could add she is a doctor of the science of love, since that is her undoubted specialty.
Oct 13, 2023 · Thérèse Martin, accompanied by her father, Louis, and her sister, Céline, participated in this pilgrimage. Therese departed for Rome with a specific plan in mind: if she had the chance, she wanted to speak with the pope and ask him directly for permission to become a Carmelite at the age of fifteen.
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A Tender Flower in the Bocage Forests. In January 1873, a fragile child named Therese Martin began her life, cradled in uncertainty. Her delicate health required the nurturing care of a wet nurse, Rose Taillé, who had already lovingly nourished two of Therese's siblings. Therese's early days were spent not at her family home but in the leafy ...
Saint Therese of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face *icon courtesy of William Hart McNichols St. Therese of Lisieux, born Therese Martin, was a young French girl, passionately in love with Jesus Christ, who became a Discalced Carmelite nun at age fifteen and died of tuberculosis at age twenty-four in a monastery in Lisieux, France.
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Genius has its price, and the youngest Martin girl was paying it. The ordinary games and dances of other children held little interest for her. She was uncomfortable with most children and seemed to be at ease only with her sisters and very few others. Of all the Martin girls, Pauline was closest to Therese. Therese thought of her as her second mot...
During the winter following Pauline’s entrance into the Carmelite monastery, Therese fell seriously ill. Experts have diagnosed her sickness as everything from a nervous breakdown to a kidney infection. She blamed it on the devil. Whatever it was, doctors of her time were unable to either diagnose or treat it. She suffered intensely during this tim...
“Spiritual torment” was to be her lot for years to come, slackening only when she started preparing for her long-awaited First Communion. At the age of eleven, on May 8, 1884, Therese received her first “kiss of love”, a sense of being “united” with Jesus, of His giving Himself to her, as she gave herself to Him. Her eucharistic hunger made her lon...
After midnight Mass, Christmas, 1886, the shadow of self-doubt, depression and uncertainty suddenly lifted from Therese, leaving her in possession of a new calm and inner conviction. Grace had intervened to change her life as she was going up the stairs at her home. Something her father said provoked a sudden inner change. The Holy Child’s strength...
Dec 9, 2017 · Philip Kosloski - published on 12/09/17. St. Therese of Lisiuex was never the same after the Christmas of 1886. Therese Martin was a stubborn and childish little girl. Her mother Zelie was ...
Therese of Lisieux OCD ( French: Thérèse de Lisieux [teʁɛz də lizjø]; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), also known as Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face ( Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face ), was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times.
