"STS. LOUIS AND ZELIE MARTIN, ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, AND SIBLINGS" - ICON By PAOLO ORLANDO
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The New Year's wishes of St. Therese of Lisieux to her aunt and uncle, December 30, 1889
/Thanks to the work of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux and their helpers, the first one hundred letters written by St. Therese of Lisieux are available online in English. Please read her New Year's letter to her uncle and aunt, Isidore and Celine Guerin, written December 30, 1889. She wrote at the end of the year 1889; the "bitter chalice" to which she refers is the illness of her father, who on February 12, 1889 had to be interned in a psychiatric hospital at Caen, where he remained for more than three years.
A brief reflection on the birthday of St. Therese of Lisieux
/On the anniversary of the birth of little Therese Martin, I am thinking of her in the context of this reflection by Rodney Kissinger, S.J.:
Whether we live a long life or a short one, whether we are sickly or healthy, whether we are rich or poor, learned or uneducated, whether we accomplish much or little in this world, is only incidental. What is important is that I make the love of God visible in me, that I give the love of God credibility so that others may believe, hope and love – and be happy to be themselves.
How Therese let God's love be visible in her. How much credibility she gave it in the world. How does that love want to be made visible in you this year?
The 140th anniversary of the birth of St. Therese of the Child Jesus is celebrated with a Mass in the Philippines
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The pilgrim relics of St. Therese of the Child Jesus are making their third visit to the Philippines between now and April 15, 2013. On January 2, 2013 the 140th anniversary of the birth of St. Therese will be celebrated with a Mass at the Shrine of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Pasay City. See more details.
The diocesan process for the presumed miracle attributed to Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin to open on January 7, 2013 in Spain
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"The process concerning the diocesan inquiry into the presumed miracle attributed to the Martin spouses will be officially opened by the Archbishop of Valencia, in Spain, on January 7 at 7:00 p.m. The Tribunal will be named, and the first session will follow the next day. If all goes well, the final work could be sent to Rome at the end of April or the beginning of May, which could mean . . . canonization of Louis and Zelie in 2013!"
On December 12, 2012 the Shrine at Lisieux posted the above announcement in French on its Facebook page. See more about the lives of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin. Read about "A Call to a Deeper Love," their collected letters.