On her conversion on Christmas as a child:
"I felt charity enter into my soul, and the need to forget myself and to please others."
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| Therese Age 13 |
"O my God, your love has gone before me, and it has grown with me, and now it is an abyss whose depths I cannot fathom."
Child Thérèse Picture source
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| Martin Sisters |
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| Louis and Zélie Martin |
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"On every side this love is unknown, rejected; those hears upon whom You would lavish it turn to creatures; they do this instead of throwing themselves into Your arms and of accepting Your infinite love."
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| Sister Thérèse's Habit |
"I understood how easy it is to become all wrapped up in self, forgetting entirely the sublime goal of one's calling."
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To see photographs of St. Thérèse and the camera which her sister Celine used to take the photos of her beloved sister, please check out Marc Dan's gallery
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| The Tomb of St. Thérèse of Lisieux |
"I always feel the same bold confidence of becoming a great saint because I don't count on my merits since I have none, but I trust in him who is Virtue and Holiness. God alone, content with my weak efforts, will raise me to himself and make me a saint."
Quotes are from October 2010 issue of Magnificat.
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| Death of St. Therese |
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Souer Thérèse Martin's obituary can be found here
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