Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus: the little way
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Thérèse Martin lived only 24 years. She entered the Carmel of Lisieux, in France, very young, and taught a “little way” of trust and love: trusting God like a child and loving in little things. She is a Doctor of the Church. John Paul II, Divini amoris scientia 5
The story, in plain words
Thérèse Martin was born in Alençon, France, on January 2, 1873. Divini amoris scientia 5
She was the youngest daughter of Louis and Zélie Martin. Her mother died when Thérèse was 4 years old. Benedict XVI, general audience of April 6, 2011
In 1887, in Rome, she asked Pope Leo XIII for permission to enter Carmel at 15. Divini amoris scientia 5
On April 9, 1888, she entered the Carmel of Lisieux, a convent of Carmelite nuns. Divini amoris scientia 5 There she lived a “little way” of trust and love. She…
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- Thérèse loved God in the little things of every day. What little thing in your day could you do with love?
- She lived through a hard trial of faith and kept on trusting. What helps you trust when things are not clear?
- For the child: If you could send God just one look up to heaven, what would you want to tell him with it?