St. Thérèse of Lisieux

• Therese of Child Jesus and the Holy Face is her religious name
• October 1st - Feast Day
• Doctor of the Church
• Died at the age of 24
• Autobiography - "Story of a Soul"
• Nun in the French Carmelite order - entered at the age of 15
• Nature lover who expressed how God is present everywhere
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She said spirituality is simple and called it her "little way" which teaches us that God is everywhere, in every situation and person, and in the ordinary, simple details of life.





 

What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love. ...I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.