WITNESS
10-1-13
MY VOCATION IS LOVE
( A Dedication to the
Little Flower ) =
Born January 2nd---1873
She was born
In a little town in France
Her Mother died
When she was 4
And the family moved to Liseux
Where her Aunt helped her Father
To look after her and her sisters
One of 4 girls
Who all became nuns
Theresa, herself,
Became a nun
At the age of 15
Theresa never did anything extraordinary
But did everything extraordinarily well
She never
Held a position with great responsibility
But was gifted
With a great intimacy with God
She lived a life
Hidden in God’s love
But was directed
To write an autobiography
Which she called
THE STORY OF A SOUL
In this book
She described her life
“As a little way of spiritual childhood”
And wrote that what matters most in life
“Is not great deeds, but great love”
It is said That Theresa was a very sweet person
That lived her life
With a great simplicity
However it is very apparent
That she lived out her life
In conjunction with the 4 Gospels
A simple life
In obedience
To the Word of God---to the Will of God
She once said,
“My mission---to make God loved---
Will begin after my death”
And
“I will spend my heaven
Doing good on earth
I will let fall
A shower of roses”
My Mom, myself
And millions of others
Have received roses from unexpected sources
After prayers to her
In this cold, cruel, indifferent world
We could ALL
Learn some things from Saint Theresa
To live out our lives
With selflessness
Instead of selfishness
To try to do small ordinary things
Extraordinarily well
And live out our lives
With such passion for God
And for others
So that we can truly say
Like Saint Theresa
“MY VOCATION IS LOVE”
Robert P. Wallman
10-4-11
Ps Saint
Theresa died at the age of 24 from tuberculosis
She is
considered the patroness of Missions
Her feast
day is October 1st
My
Sister---Terri---is named after her
ps WITNESS 10-1-13
10-1-14 and 10-1-2019 and 10-1-2021
RECENTLY-I learned that the LITTLE FLOWER-is POPE FRANCIS'
most favorite Saint
10-1-18
