Author Topic: Happy Feast Day of the Little Flower! (Read 3454 times)

Hobbledehoy · « **on:** October 02, 2012, 10:00:20 PM »

Happy Feast Day of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face!

The great Carmelite Virgin and glorious thaumaturge, St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, has been so enriched by the love and grace of the Lord God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, the beautiful Flos Carmeli, that one cannot but cry forth with King David, Confitebor tibi Domine in toto corde meo: Sanctis, qui sunt in terra ejus, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis, "I will confess unto Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: by the Saints that are in His land, He hath made my all desires marvelous in them" (Pss. ix., 2; xv., 3). That is to say, "I shall praise Thee, O Lord, with all my heart on account of the Saints that are in the Kingdom of Thy only-begotten Son, Who by His holy grace hath raised and transfigured all my aspirations and desires --- most especially in His well-beloved spouse, the Little Flower, whom He hath called unto the celestial Carmel, so that I now desire to persevere and progress in the way of prayer as she hath taught by word and example, and no longer aspire to earthly and vain things."

O happy clients of the Little Flower, I rejoice with you on this sacred day and join you as you celebrate your celestial Patroness and adore the Lord God all the more on account of the prodigies He has wrought in her little soul, hidden upon the earth but now effulgent amongst the stars.

From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal with Vespers for Sundays and Feasts by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., of the Abbey of St- André (Bruges, Belgium: Liturgical Apostolate of the Abbey of St-André, 1956), here is the Mass for the Feast Day of the Little Flower.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2012, 10:02:57 PM »

From The Missal According to the Carmelite Rite in Latin and English for Every Day in the Year (Rome: Vatican Polyglot Press, 1953), here is the Mass for the Feast of the illustrious thaumaturge St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2012, 10:07:42 PM »

So great is the glory of the Little Flower, that Our Lord saw fit to have her glorified even by the Greek Churches in communion with the Apostolic See, to show that this little Spouse of His is truly to be venerated as the celestial Patroness of the Missions.

From the Byzantine Missal for Sundays and Feast Days with Rites of Sacraments, and Various Offices and Prayers published at Birmingham, Alabama, by St. George's R. C. Byzantine Church in 1958, (having been printed at Tournai, Belgium, by Société Saint Jean l' Evangéliste, Desclée & Cie), here are the Proper texts for her Feast Day amongst the Byzantine Catholics. They are very beautiful and very apt.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2012, 10:11:20 PM »

From The Little Flower Prayer Book: A Carmelite Manual of Prayer (Chicago, IL: Carmelite Press, 1926), here are excerpts from the writings of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Her soul was clearly raised to an eminent degree of mystical contemplation and union, and was a daughter worthy of the great St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2012, 10:16:55 PM »

From The Little Flower Prayer Book: A Carmelite Manual of Prayer (Chicago, IL: Carmelite Press, 1926), here are further excerpts from the writings of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2012, 10:22:27 PM »

From The Little Flower Prayer Book: A Carmelite Manual of Prayer (Chicago, IL: Carmelite Press, 1926), here are further excerpts from the writings of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus.

poche · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2012, 05:18:23 AM »

St Therese of the Child Jesus pray for us