Posts tagged “Little Flower

Saint Therese of Lisieux

Posted on March 19, 2017

Song: Prayer to Saint Therese of Lisieux https://halosarehistory.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/prayer-to-st-therese-of-lisieux.mp3 Istudied art in college, focusing on painting. One day I went to the library to find source material for a project and came across a Catholic history book. Inside it was a brief story of the life of Saint Therese, also known as the Little Flower. I recalled that, as a little girl, I admired a statue of a petite nun who stood outside my family’s first parish in Springfield, Illinois. I don’t remember much about Sunday services at Little Flower Church, but something about that statue stayed with me. Who Was Therese? Therese Martin was born in 1873 in Alençon, France, the youngest daughter of devoutly Catholic parents. When Therese was only four years old,…