St. Thérèse of Lisieux and Mums

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I have recently discovered that my spirituality is very similar to that of St. Thérèse the Little Flower probably because I have lived with children under the age of 18 for 33 years. 

  I think that many mothers can relate to this saint as well. She lived the little way like all people who are not rich and famous but want to serve God their loving Father through their littleness and simplicity. She chose to stay as a child in they eyes of God, performing all of her duties with love and obedience, no matter how small and insignificant they were. 
Matthew 18:3: and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 
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 I like to say that a child, frog and tree are holy because they are who they called to be without a mask or false persona or large ego.

St. Thérèse said,  “Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.”

 I pray now by simply resting in Him, looking into the light and His eyes and He looks at me. I smile. He smiles and immediately fills me with a surge of joy

St. Thérèse said, "For me prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look towards Heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." 
“I say nothing to him; I love him”

25 years ago God told me
YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE HELPING
BUILD MY CHURCH ON EARTH
WITH ALL YOUR RUNNING AROUND.
YOU ARE HINDERING ME,


Comments

  1. 4kids1mom1:12 am, July 15, 2013

    I, too, have found myself being comforted by this Saint. Reading more about her, and praying to live simply and for God by the little tasks I can do with great love.

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  2. Melanie Jean Juneau11:59 am, July 15, 2013

    yes, she reminds me that all the spiritual work is God's not mine

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