Author Topic: The Little Flower (Read 1233 times)

Hobbledehoy · « **on:** October 02, 2013, 05:50:18 PM »

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, glorify 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):

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2013, 07:29:51 PM »