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   her co-patron of France along with St. Joan of Arc. Pope John Paul II,   
   on pilgrimage to Lisieux in 1980, stated that God had permitted St.   
   Therese to communicate to the world once more “the fundamental truth   
   that God is our loving Father.”   
      
   In 1956, on the order of Pius XII, the full text of Therese’s   
   manuscripts was published, and in 1961 were issued the photos of her   
   taken in the cloister by her sister Celine. These and other hitherto   
   unpublished materials made it quite clear that the nun of Lisieux was   
   no dreamer but a sublime realist.   
      
   St. Therese of Lisieux is not alluded to in the texts issued by the   
   Second Vatican Council, but the Council and its sequel reflect many of   
   her insights: daily Communion; the duty of all the baptized to work   
   for the good of the Faith; women as theologians; the importance of the   
   missions; the frailty of the clergy and the need to pray and sacrifice   
   for them; Christian reunion; and so forth.   
      
   Abbe Domin, the priest who in 1880 prepared Therese for her first Holy   
   Communion, called her “my little doctor” (i.e. teacher). History would   
   prove him a prophet. Popes have long since been conferring the title   
   “doctor of the Church” on certain canonized churchmen whose teachings   
   on the Faith have been of memorable value. No women, however, were   
   given that formal honor prior to the Second Vatican Council (1962 –   
   1968).   
      
   One sequel of the Council’s viewpoint was the correction of this   
   practice. As early as 1970 Pope Paul IV added the names of two   
   outstanding women saints to the roster of church doctors. First came   
   the great Spanish Carmelite foundress, St. Teresa of Avila (d. 1582);   
   then came the brilliant Italian Dominican tertiary St. Catherine of   
   Siena (d. 1380).   
      
   On October 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II bestowed the doctoral title on   
   a second Carmelite nun, St. Therese of Lisieux.   
      
   Why? When he canonized the Little Flower in 1925, Pope Pius XI pointed   
   out that in her spiritual autobiography Therese had proven that even   
   those called to an uneventful life can become holy by living that life   
   holily.   
   –Father Robert   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Kneeling before the tabernacle, I can think of only one thing to say   
   to our Lord: “My God, you know that I love You.” And I feel that my   
   prayer does not weary Jesus; knowing my weakness, He is satisfied with   
   my good will.   
   --Saint Therese of Lisieux   
      
   Bible Quote:   
     Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a   
   stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for   
   wisdom and honour.  [Ecc 10:1]   
      
      
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   A Prayer for Charity   
      
   O holy seraphic Little Saint, most pure victim of love, having at   
   length expired by the vehemence of thy love for God; by that   
   inexplicable joy and grief thou experienced when thy heart was wounded   
   by the Seraph, obtain for us, we beseech thee, such an ardent love for   
   God, as shall consume in our souls everything that is earthly and   
   sinful.   
      
   O God, Who didst inflame by Thy Spirit of Love the soul of Thy   
   servant, Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, grant unto us also love and   
   to make Thee ardently loved. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)