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K1 👦 kommt aus der Schule 🏫
Ich: "Möchtest du etwas zum Zvieri? 🍎🍌🍐?"
K1: "Nein, ist gut." und verschwindet im Zimmer.
Kurz darauf laufe ich an der Obstschale vorbei.
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Wozu frage ich? 🙄
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Quote of the day, 17 May: St. Thérèse
I desire to accomplish your will perfectly and to reach the degree of glory you have prepared for me in your kingdom. I desire, in a word, to be a Saint, but I feel my helplessness and I beg you, O my God! to be yourself my Sanctity!
SAINT THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX, PRAYER 6
Dearest little sisters,
How our hearts beat as one and exult with joy and gratitude toward our God of love, who has made our little Thérèse a masterpiece of grace and humility—in a word, a very great saint. How good He was to cause this flower of Paradise to blossom among us! But our dear parents were worthy of possessing her.
In the face of this triumph, this supreme glory, this song rises quite naturally from our hearts: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” [Lk 1:46–47].
To tell the truth, human language is quite powerless to express what is taking place in the highest part of the soul. So it is silence alone that suits—like the silence reigning among the Blessed in Heaven.
You have no doubt noticed, as I have, dearest sisters, that the pilgrimage for the canonization departs on the 13th, the anniversary of our little sister’s healing: “The Blessed Virgin came toward me and smiled at me…” That was 42 years ago—how moving that is!
And the statue—have you received any news of it? I believe we must make the sacrifice of doing without it on the 17th. It’s a real pity, since our Reverend Superior was supposed to come to solemnly bless it. We’ll be having a great celebration here: exposition of the Blessed Sacrament all day, etc., etc… But don’t be disheartened—perhaps God wills this deprivation to be united to our prayers, for there is deep suffering in beautiful France, and what would we not do to help save her? Sacred Heart of Jesus, may Your Kingdom come!
We greatly admired the beautiful envelope used for the letter of thanks to the Holy Father, and how touched I was that my little Céline signed her name after mine. Truly, I recognize most humbly that she is far superior to me in every respect. I thanked with all my heart our beloved Mother [Superior] for her offering united to yours for the Holy Father. She is so exquisitely delicate, our Mother—I am often moved to tears by it.
Finally, my heart is so full of tenderness that it overflows into the Heart of our All Jesus, in whom our hearts are united on this incomparable day of glory.
Servant of God Françoise Thérèse Martin, V.S.M. (Léonie)
Letter to her sisters Marie, Pauline, and Céline
10 May 1925 from the Visitation Monastery in Caen
Note: The entire Carmelite family rejoices on this day, the 100th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, 17 May 1925.
Image credit: Father Lawrence Lew, O.P. (Some rights reserved)Thérèse aux Roses – The Iconic Statue
The statue affectionately known as Thérèse aux Roses—Thérèse with Roses—has become one of the most beloved and widely recognized images of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Sculpted in 1922 by Father Marie-Bernard (Louis Richomme), a Trappist monk of Soligny-la-Trappe, the statue captures the spiritual essence of Thérèse’s “little way.”
Clothed in the Carmelite habit, Thérèse holds a crucifix entwined with roses—a visual embodiment of her promise to “let fall a shower of roses” from heaven. The sculpture was based on a 1912 charcoal drawing made by Thérèse’s sister, Céline Martin (Sister Geneviève of the Holy Face), whose artistic vision helped define her sister’s iconography. In all, Fr. Marie-Bernard sculpted 18 masterpieces of St. Thérèse in collaboration with the Carmel of Lisieux.
A white marble version of Thérèse aux Roses was placed outside the Carmel of Lisieux in 1923, just two years before Thérèse’s canonization. Since then, reproductions of Thérèse aux Roses have been enshrined around the world—from parish chapels to hospital corridors—each one a silent witness to the radiant simplicity of holiness.
We always refer to the website of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux for the vast majority of our quotes concerning Saint Thérèse, Saint Zélie, and Saint Louis Martin, but if you would like to purchase any of the English translations that appear on the Archives website, please visit the website of our Discalced Carmelite friars at ICS Publications.
Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: “5,000 Torches Light Dome of St. Peter’s When Sister Therese Is Made a Saint” — headline from the* St. Louis Post-Dispatch*, reporting on the canonization of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, celebrated on Sunday, 17 May 1925. Image credit: Excerpt from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 18 May 1925. Sourced via newspapers.com (public domain).
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What prevents me from begging God to make me a great saint?
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Quote of the day, 2 May: St. Zélie Martin
I was very pleased to hear the good news about your little Jeanne. You must be happy to have such a lovely little girl; I was also very happy when I raised my first [Marie], she was so healthy. I was too proud; the good Lord didn’t want it to last; all the other children I had afterward were difficult to bring up and gave me a lot of trouble.
The youngest, little Joseph is still among them, he is still sick. For three months now he has been suffering from bronchitis which has left him in a sad state; last week we thought he was going to die. The doctor put a vesicant between his shoulders and left it on him for several days.
Just think how much this poor little boy must have suffered! And with that, a continuous cough and a tightening of the chest that was choking him. I went to see him twice a day; in the morning, I left at five o’clock, and in the evening at eight o’clock, and I always came back with a heavy heart.
He has been better since Saturday, he is beginning to take a little food and coughs less, but he is far from being cured, I am sure that your little one is much more resistant than him because he is reduced to nothing and has no strength. I would have been very happy to have a strong little boy, but I can’t be pleased now, maybe that’s for later, I console myself with that hope.
I am happy that you have decided to come to Alençon this year; it is about time after not having seen you here for two years! Since I will have the pleasure of having you here, I will not go to Lisieux, as I had thought. If you only knew how valuable I am here and how difficult it is for me to be absent. I cannot trust my father’s servant, I can only compare her to the one I sent you, they are not more serious than each other and are only good for watching passers-by and giving a bad example to children.
I am glad that your business is doing well, it reassures me, mine is going badly, quite badly, it could not be worse. I believe positively that I am at the end of my reign; however, it is against my will, because I would have liked to work until the end for my children. We already have five of them, without counting those who may arrive, because I do not despair of having three or four more!
My father has been ill for several days, he was sick yesterday, he complained a lot about every part of his body, he thinks he is going to die. I am very sad to see him like this. He doesn’t want to see a doctor, but if this continues, I will go and get one.
Saint Zélie Martin
Letter CF 32 to her sister-in-law Céline Guérin
May 1868
Note: Poor little Joseph Jean-Baptiste Martin (19 December 1867 – 24 August 1868) suffered nearly four months more after his bronchitis, followed by gastrointestinal problems. Vesicant therapy was used to create a blister on the skin near the diseased organ so as to extract or draw to the surface of the body all that may be harmful to the preservation of health, such as Joseph’s life-threatening respiratory infection (cf. D’Alembert 1751).
On the day he died, St. Zélie wrote to her brother Isidore Guérin, “My dear little Joseph died this morning at 7:00. I was alone with him. He had a night of cruel suffering, and I begged with tears for his deliverance. My heart was relieved when I saw him breathe his last” (cf. CF 36).
Le sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus (the slumber of the Child Jesus), a detailed image of the grouping of angels in the upper-right quadrant of the painting by Céline Martin (1898)In the oil painting Le sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus, Céline depicts a grouping of cherubs that feature the faces of her four deceased siblings, Hélène, Joseph-Louis, Joseph Jean-Baptiste (mentioned in St. Zélie’s letter above), Mélanie-Thérèse, and cousin Paul Guérin.
We always refer to the website of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux for the vast majority of our quotes concerning Saint Thérèse, Saint Zélie, and Saint Louis Martin. If you would like to purchase English translations for the collected works of St. Thérèse, please visit the website of our Discalced Carmelite friars at ICS Publications.
Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
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Every child rewrites the parenting playbook—and let’s be honest, by kid #3, that playbook is mostly snack stains and winging it.
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Quote of the day, 13 April: St. Louis Martin
My incomparable Father,
What Céline tells us is so like you! Ah, what a father we have! Truly, you are one of a kind… and so I’m not surprised that God is calling all your children to Himself, this father who cannot be matched! You are so precious to His heart that He cannot help but look upon you—and all who are yours—with a love beyond compare.
How our dear mother [St. Zélie] must be smiling down at you. How joyful she must be to see her little boat so well steered by you, guiding us all toward heaven.
O best of fathers, how great our responsibility will be if we do not become saints—if we do not follow in the path of your generosity. Ah, how Jesus will repay you a hundredfold for the lily you offer Him today—barely opened, yet full of freshness and purity.
Oh, your crown in heaven! My beloved Father, I see it already—radiant and beautiful. Ah, pray that your diamond not be too pale beside such glory.
I can say no more. You fill my heart—I am entirely yours.
Our Mother [Prioress Marie de Gonzague, O.C.D.] couldn’t help but weep as she read Céline’s account.
Ah! What a father you are!!
Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, O.C.D.
(Marie Martin)
Letter from Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart to her father, St. Louis Martin, 9 April 1888
St. Thérèse crosses the threshold of the cloister, a later watercolorNote: St. Thérèse entered the Carmel of Lisieux on the Feast of the Annunciation, which was deferred to Monday, April 9 in the year 1888 because March 25 was Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.
We always refer to the website of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux for the vast majority of our quotes concerning Saint Thérèse, Saint Zélie, and Saint Louis Martin. If you would like to purchase English translations for the collected works of St. Thérèse, please visit the website of our Discalced Carmelite friars at ICS Publications.
Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: St. Thérèse outside the Lisieux Carmel. Image credit: Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P. / Flickr (Some rights reserved)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What can you offer God this Holy Week with purity, generosity, and love?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.
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K3 wanted to go on a weekend trip for the young people of our church. She became ill and couldn't go. She was very sad, we were sad for her. Yesterday evening an e-mail arrived: There have been bed bugs at the accommodation they used. Everyone please wash anything very carefully, disinfect ... Burn everything, basically. ... Talk of a blessing in disguise ... 😬😆
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April, April! Warum ist der 1. April ein Scherztag? - familienleben.ch https://www.familienleben.ch/freizeit/feste/april-april-warum-ist-der-1-april-ein-scherztag-9488 #AprilFoolsDay #Familienleben #FamilyLife
Der 1. April ist wieder da! Zeit für lustige Aprilscherze. - familienleben.ch
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Quote of the day, 26 March: St. Teresa of St. Augustine
Sister Constance is still a novice here; she has not been without trials from her family. At present, they want nothing to do with her—neither her letters nor any mention of her. The Lord permits this to test her fidelity.
She considers herself happy nonetheless that they at least leave her in peace here for now. She hopes that the good God will finally touch their hearts and that they will come to accept her perseverance without pain.
Saint Teresa of St. Augustine
Letter to Mademoiselle de Grand-Rut, 14 August 1790
Morgain, S 2023, Les Carmélites Martyres De Compiègne : Pour La Paix De L’église Et De L’état, Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée, Éditions du Carmel, Toulouse.
Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: This detail from a stained glass window depicting the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne was designed by stained glass artist Sister Margaret of the Mother of God, O.C.D. (Margaret Rope). It is one of her most famous windows in the chapel of the Carmel of Quidenham, England. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites
🌿 “The Lord permits this to test her fidelity.”
Even before the guillotine, Saint Constance of Compiègne endured the cross of contradiction—rejection by those she loved most. Still, she hoped in grace.
🕊️ Where is God inviting you to remain faithful, even when misunderstood?
💬 Let’s reflect together—share your thoughts in the comments!
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