In an ongoing string of posts, I have printed excerpts of traditional Catholic tips from Spiritual Masters. The following is such a tip. It was written by Fr. Jacques Philippe in his book, Searching for and Maintaining Peace. Fr. Philippe is an expert on the theology of the Little Way of the French Catholic Carmelite saint, and Doctor of the Church, St. Therese Martin. In this…
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The Little Way of Love
Today, the feast of St. Therese Martin (b. 1873- d. 1897) is celebrated in the traditional Catholic calendar; and I am re-posting an August entry from The Marian Room regarding St. Therese, and her Little Way of Love: “If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at…
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St. Therese Martin, The Little Flower
“Chesterton never wanted to get used to (surprises). He said, ‘Things grow new as I grow old,’ and that brings to mind for me Therese’s own remarkable ambition — ‘I must stay little and become this more and more.’… There is something in this littleness, this vulnerability that caused both their hearts to burn. And that something is actually the…
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The Little Way of St. Therese
“If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.” St. Therese of Lisieux (b. 1873- d. 1897) A well known writer on the Little Way* of St. Therese…
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St. Therese: A Child of Mary
“My dear Mother Mary, I think that I am more happy than you. I have you as a Mother and your haven’t the Blessed Virgin to love as I have.” St. Therese of Lisieux* I love that quote. •SCF *information
