BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T181315Z UID:51-1041054@holyhermits.com.au DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261011 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20251010T132933 DESCRIPTION:Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)   \nSt Therese’ Life \nB orn Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin in Alençon\, France on 2 Janu ary\, 1873\, the daughter of a devout Catholic couple. Therese was a si ckly child from birth. Her mother died when she was 4\, and her older sis ter who became responsible for caring for her\, entered a convent within a few years. Therese became seriously ill\, but prayed and had a vision of Mary and was healed. She continued with her internal prayer life. Her oth er older sisters also left to join convents\, but Therese was particularly  small and immature\, and when her turn came\, the superior of the conve nt refused to take her. \nHer father took her on a trip to Rome for an au dience with the Pope. Although forbidden to speak to him\, she begged for him to let her join the Carmelite convent! He was impressed with her deter mination\, and she was admitted to the convent where two of her older sisters were already nuns. Therese’ eldest sister became prioress and t here was a concern that the family was dominating the convent\, so Therese was asked to remain a novice. She finally took the habit on 10 January 1 889. After their father’s death in 1894\, the youngest sister also e ntered the same convent. Therese accepted the hardships of her status gla dly\, and as a Carmelite\, the restriction on not being able to do “goo d deeds”.   \nIn 1896 at the age of only 23\, Therese began to cough up blood. She had already started writing down her memories in a journal a nd she continued during her illness\, believing that it may help those on earth after her death. She died on 30 September\, 1897 at the age of 24 fr om tuberculosis. Her sister Pauline\, the former prioress put together The rese’s writings and distributed them to other convents. Her “little wa y” of trusting in Jesus to make her holy and relying on small daily sacr ifices rather than great deeds appealed to many who were trying to find ho liness in their ordinary lives.\nSt Therese’ Writings\n“I said to myse lf: God cannot inspire unrealizable desires. I can\, in spite of my little ness\, aspire to holiness. It is impossible for me to grow up\, and so I m ust bear with myself such as I am with all my imperfections. But I want to seek out a means of going to heaven by a little way\, a way that is very straight\, very short\, and totally new. "\n"We must not be discouraged by our faults\, for children fall frequently" \n“I (pray) like children w ho do not know how to read\, I say very simply to God what I wish to say\, without composing beautiful sentences\, and He always understands me.”  \n“Jesus\, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.”   \n"The closer one approaches to God\, the simpler one becomes."\n“Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.”  \n“Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions\, or even at their difficulty\, as at the love with which we do them.”  \n“A word or a smile is often eno ugh to put fresh life in a despondent soul.”  \n“I should be distres sed that I drop off to sleep during my prayers and during my thanksgiving after Holy Communion. But I don’t feel at all distressed. I know that ch ildren are just as dear to their parents whether they are sleep or awake a nd I know that doctors put their patients to sleep before they operate. So I just think that God “knows our frame\; he remembers that we are dust. ”  \n“After my death\, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spe nd my heaven doing good upon earth. I will raise up a mighty host of littl e saints. My mission is to make God loved.”  \n"My vocation\, at last I have found it\; my vocation is love."\n"Let us love\, since that is what our hearts where made for."\n “A word or a smile is often enough to pu t fresh life in a despondent soul.”  \nWorks of St Therese\nThe Carmeli tes at Lisieux offer all of her works digitally at this page: Works of The rese\nServices\nPrayer with St Therese | Contemplative prayer service\nMus ic\nGregorian Chants To Therese of Lisieux | Therese of the Child Jesus an d the Holy Face\nWebsites\nThe Catholic Online site holds a page with an a ccount of Therese's life\nSt. Therese Feast Day Infogra phic\nThis site holds a range of resources\, including records of the mo ve to recognise Therese as a Saint\, her story\, writings and spirituality and references to other sources.\nHere is a Video talk by Joe Heschmeyer\ , seminarian for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas\, on The Spiritu ality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux\, the Little Flower\nHere is short Video story of her life The Story of St Therese of Lisieux\n\nUntil we discove r the “little way\,” we almost all try to gain moral high ground by ob eying laws and thinking we are thus spiritually advanced. People like Thé rèse of Lisieux who follow this more humble and honest path are invariabl y more loving\, joyful\, and compassionate\, and have plenty of time for s imple gratitude about everything.  \n—Richard Rohr \n LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T132933 LOCATION:Remember SUMMARY:Holy Hermit Thérèse of Lisieux URL;VALUE=URI:https://holyhermits.com.au/events/holy-hermit-therese-of-lisi eux--51/2026-10-11 ATTACH;FILENAME=640px-Therese_von_Lisieux.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq 5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2021/08/26/18/44/33/0c64652d-5b30-4fef-87c6-3a8 858b965a8/640px-Therese_von_Lisieux.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR