I love Saint Therese, she is so wonderful and amazing! I Believe In Love is a great book based off of Saint Therese's writings (is writings the word I am looking for?) if you are interested.
Reminds me of the image late in Brideshead Revisited (of the narrator's impending collapse): snow piling up against the door, a great weight on the timber.
> There is not One Monolithic Holiness.
Reminds me of the observation at the start of the Rule of St. Albert "Many and varied are the ways in which our saintly forefathers" etc.
My favorite trivia about him is that his name is Evelyn (pronounced with a long E) and his first wife’s name was Evelyn (pronounced with a short E). There’s no making this stuff up.
Would it be inappropriate to say this was a fantastic read...
BURMA SHAVE.
This had me reflecting on my own experiences reading Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle for the first time. I think I’ll find a copy of this book on Therese. Is there a good English translation? I am not yet proficient enough in French.
Yes the version i read i got from amazon and was perfect. I dont remember who translated it because ive already sent the book to my sister. Teresa Of Avila is on my list. i own Interior Castle and just havent tackled it yet. Glad to know it might pack a similar punch!
I had a similar reaction. I nearly rolled my eyes during the first part of the book--I confess--where she longs to join the community and goes on and on. Then, something happened in the latter half where I realized how humbly she was preaching the infinite mercy of God. This saint really gets her claws into you, making you reconsider contemplation along the journey to heaven.
>St. Therese taught me to imagine my suffering fulfilled in heaven—to imagine the loving embrace of Jesus, my wounds glorified, my vices abolished, my weaknesses crowned, my pride felled, and the holes in my heart overflowing with Christ’s love… for St Therese to come in and turn our weaknesses into strengths—to imagine the race already won— just broke me quite completely.
Scoot, I’m very, very happy for you. Therese is absolutely, 100% something else. I *very much* call her my sister, and in that, you are my brother.
I'd recommend you read "Maurice & Therese" next. It's a compilation of the correspondence between Maurice, a seminarian who eventually becomes a missionary in Africa, I think, and Therese while she's on her last year of life IIRC. They never met in person yet they held each in prayer. You, talking about her a "spending time with your sister" made me think of the book.
Also, we love The Martin's. Diana and I have a devotion to Louis and Zelie. We have a beautiful icon of Louis and Zelie with the four children they lost in infancy and the five girls that became nuns. I'll also have to share with you a print we randomly found at Ziegler's of The Holy Family at St. Joseph's workshop with Therese at the threshold of the door and the child Jesus running to her arms. It's one of our little treasures.
my first though- Ewww, a Carmelite! I just discerned, far too late I might add, to join the secular Carmelites. For once, I feel right at home somewhere. It's true, St Therese seems too simple, too pretty to be useful but her spirituality is actually quite deep and quite formidable to do, but fruitful. what I liked about the 'little flower' aspect was that the garden wasn't complete without the small, overlooked flowers. THAT, I could relate to. But your 'dirt' reference is one I didn't think of, interesting. btw, my pic is of St John of the Cross, another fav Carmelite. I was named after Therese, but I like him better, so...
Great to hear. I would also recommend reading "Courage To Be Afraid" and "Diary of a Country Priest." Both written by Frenchmen, they read like children in the school of St. Therese, although one is a spiritual conference, and one is fiction. I think you would enjoy them both.
I love Saint Therese, she is so wonderful and amazing! I Believe In Love is a great book based off of Saint Therese's writings (is writings the word I am looking for?) if you are interested.
I'll have to put Story of a Soul on my own reading list; I haven't read it yet, but wow. That is amazing.
> The anatomy of my collapse
Reminds me of the image late in Brideshead Revisited (of the narrator's impending collapse): snow piling up against the door, a great weight on the timber.
> There is not One Monolithic Holiness.
Reminds me of the observation at the start of the Rule of St. Albert "Many and varied are the ways in which our saintly forefathers" etc.
Thanks Bridget! Brideshead Revisted is on my reading list, Evelyn Waugh right? That author keeps popping into my view over and over 🤔
Yep, Evelyn Waugh.
My favorite trivia about him is that his name is Evelyn (pronounced with a long E) and his first wife’s name was Evelyn (pronounced with a short E). There’s no making this stuff up.
Would it be inappropriate to say this was a fantastic read...
BURMA SHAVE.
This had me reflecting on my own experiences reading Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle for the first time. I think I’ll find a copy of this book on Therese. Is there a good English translation? I am not yet proficient enough in French.
Yes the version i read i got from amazon and was perfect. I dont remember who translated it because ive already sent the book to my sister. Teresa Of Avila is on my list. i own Interior Castle and just havent tackled it yet. Glad to know it might pack a similar punch!
Love the Burma Shave, LOL--theres no escape!
That God would start with dirt; resonates here Scoot!
Thanks, Just Mud!
The Novena to St. Therese is one of my favorites.
Its beautiful! It was just recently shared with me, very very powerful!
Don't be surprised when you receive roses!
In the communion of prayer, Scoot.
I had a similar reaction. I nearly rolled my eyes during the first part of the book--I confess--where she longs to join the community and goes on and on. Then, something happened in the latter half where I realized how humbly she was preaching the infinite mercy of God. This saint really gets her claws into you, making you reconsider contemplation along the journey to heaven.
>St. Therese taught me to imagine my suffering fulfilled in heaven—to imagine the loving embrace of Jesus, my wounds glorified, my vices abolished, my weaknesses crowned, my pride felled, and the holes in my heart overflowing with Christ’s love… for St Therese to come in and turn our weaknesses into strengths—to imagine the race already won— just broke me quite completely.
Scoot, I’m very, very happy for you. Therese is absolutely, 100% something else. I *very much* call her my sister, and in that, you are my brother.
God bless you, dear brother.🔥
It is so nice to realize in a very real way how big the family is. God bless you too, dear sister!
I'd recommend you read "Maurice & Therese" next. It's a compilation of the correspondence between Maurice, a seminarian who eventually becomes a missionary in Africa, I think, and Therese while she's on her last year of life IIRC. They never met in person yet they held each in prayer. You, talking about her a "spending time with your sister" made me think of the book.
Also, we love The Martin's. Diana and I have a devotion to Louis and Zelie. We have a beautiful icon of Louis and Zelie with the four children they lost in infancy and the five girls that became nuns. I'll also have to share with you a print we randomly found at Ziegler's of The Holy Family at St. Joseph's workshop with Therese at the threshold of the door and the child Jesus running to her arms. It's one of our little treasures.
my first though- Ewww, a Carmelite! I just discerned, far too late I might add, to join the secular Carmelites. For once, I feel right at home somewhere. It's true, St Therese seems too simple, too pretty to be useful but her spirituality is actually quite deep and quite formidable to do, but fruitful. what I liked about the 'little flower' aspect was that the garden wasn't complete without the small, overlooked flowers. THAT, I could relate to. But your 'dirt' reference is one I didn't think of, interesting. btw, my pic is of St John of the Cross, another fav Carmelite. I was named after Therese, but I like him better, so...
I love from StTerese the image of Jesus knocking at a door with no handle. You must unlock the door from the inside to Let Him in.
Great to hear. I would also recommend reading "Courage To Be Afraid" and "Diary of a Country Priest." Both written by Frenchmen, they read like children in the school of St. Therese, although one is a spiritual conference, and one is fiction. I think you would enjoy them both.