A Vocation To Love

In the confines of the Carmel in Lisieux, with its cloistered, routine life of prayer and convent chores, Therese Martin, Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face practiced her :"little way" of performing all her daily activities in God's presence and out of love. From the humdrum tasks in the laundry to smiling at one of her "difficult" sisters, she lived her vocation of love. "In the heart of the Church, who is my Mother, I will be love,":she wrote. Living this way, in simplicity and trust, for only nine years, she found a place of welcome with the Father, and after the publication of her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, had a enormous impact on the world beyond the convent walls.  Her "Little Way" is doable by us all. She promised she would spend her heaven doing good on earth, and has kept that promise through thousands of miracles and favors.and through the spiritual path that has led many to a greater love of Jesus.  Parishes, schools, and women who bear her name are especially blessed, as is Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, MA.  Named a Doctor of of the Church in 1997 by Pope St. John Paul II, her wisdom is summed up thus: "Our Lord does not so much look at the greatness of our actions or even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them."
Bro. Rene