A Saint For Everyone

Although God calls ALL of us to holiness, we seem to cringe in fear or a false sense of humility at the thought of becoming a saint.  This might come from comparing ourselves to the great saints whose lives are so full of extraordinary deeds that we can't imagine ourselves in their shoes. In recent  years, the Church has canonized men and women whose lives overlapped with ours, who were in the news constantly, photographed and travelled extensively to the point that we feel we actually knew them, yet even they seem to have done the "unreachable".
In 1925, a Carmelite Nun from a little convent in the unknown town of Lisieux, France, was canonized and has become one of the most popular saints of modern times, because her road to sanctity, "The Little Way" is within reach of  us all. She simply did the most insignificant tasks in the silence of her community with great love.  We can do that in our families, workplaces, on the street, in the supermarket, wherever. Her autobiography, THE STORY OF A SOUL exposed Therese's life and Way to millions, who responded with a resounding "YES.  I can do that too."  She has become the patroness of missionaries, pilots, the sick, florists and countless parishes and schools around the world.  May she continue to drop her rose petals upon us and spend her heaven continuing to do good for others, as she promised.
Bro. Rene