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Saint for the
Month
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 St.
Theresa of the
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Child Jesus
- Feast
day: October 1
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Patroness of Foreign Missions
- Source:
Catholic
Online
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Theresa
was born January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France. Her parents had
nine children. Of these, four died in their infancy and five
entered the cloister. The father and mother were worthy
examples of true Christian parents. Every morning, they
assisted at Holy Mass; together, they received Holy Communion.
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To be a
spouse of Christ had been Theresa’s ardent desire since the
early age of three. When she was nine and again when ten
years old, she begged to be received into the Carmel of
Lisieux. When she completed her fifteenth year, the door of
the convent finally opened to her. There the superiors put
her virtues to the sharpest test. On January 10, 1889, she
was invested with the holy habit and received the name Sister
Theresa of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face. She
pronounced her holy vows on September 8, 1890, and gave
herself to the practice of the interior life. On the path of
spiritual childhood, of love and confidence, she became a
great Saint.
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Theresa
suffered much during her short life, but it was hidden
suffering, which she offered out of love for the conversion of
sinners and for the sanctification of priests. She writes: “I
know of one means only by which to attain perfection: Love!
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else. I wish
to give all to Jesus, since He makes me understand that He
alone is perfect happiness. The good God does not need years
to accomplish His work of love in a soul. Love can supply for
length of years. Jesus, because He is eternal, regards not
the time, but only the love.
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Shortly
before her death, Theresa said, “I feel that my mission is
about to begin, my mission of bringing others to love our good
God as I love Him, and teaching souls my little way of trust
and self-surrender. I will spend my heaven in doing good upon
earth.” Her mission is to teach souls her way of spiritual
childhood. She practiced all the virtues of childhood, but
those that attracted her above all were the confidence and
tender love that little ones show toward their parents. Love,
confidence, and self-surrender are the keys to her spiritual
life.
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On
September 30, 1897, Theresa, a true victim of Divine Love,
died of tuberculosis, a disease that in her case had assumed a
very painful character. A moment before she died, the patient
sufferer once more made an act of perfect resignation, and
with a loving glance at her crucifix, said, “Oh, I love Him!
My God, I love You!” She was twenty-four years old when she
died.
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Saint
Theresa was canonized only twenty-eight years after her
death. She was declared patroness of the Foreign Missions.
She was canonized by her devoted client, Pope Pius XI. The
Pontiff said: “That light enkindled a love by which she lived
and of which she died, having given nothing to God but love
alone and having resolved to save a multitude of souls that
they might love God for eternity. Her shower of mystical
roses is proof that she has begun her work, and it is our most
keen desire that all the faithful should study Saint Theresa
so as to copy her example.”
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Her
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