{"id":142243,"date":"2026-10-01T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/st-therese-of-the-child-jesus\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:45:14","slug":"st-therese-of-the-child-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/st-therese-of-the-child-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"St Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of the Child Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Therese, God is not a grim examiner, or a scorekeeper, or a statistician; he is your Father.\u00a0 To fall into discouragement and anxiety because of your sins and imperfections is not at all the way to please him.\u00a0 He is pleased by your love.\u00a0 He is pleased by your attempts to show him your love.\u00a0 He is pleased merely by your desires to love him.\u00a0 Go to him with all your concerns.\u00a0 Never hold anything back from him.\u00a0 If ever you feel hesitancy or distaste when you begin to pray (or when you think about praying), you can be sure that it doesn\u2019t come from the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 What Father wants his child to stay away from him?\u00a0 No, never let anything come between you and him.\u00a0 He is always looking out for you, always hoping that you will share everything with him \u2013 your most significant and your most insignificant thoughts, desires, joys, and sorrows. This absolute, unshakable confidence in God was the great discovery of today\u2019s saint.\u00a0 Therese of the Child Jesus (also known as Therese of Lisieux) lived to be a mere 24 years old, but in those few years she reached the heights of sanctity.\u00a0 Her parents were devout and prudent, and though her mother died when she was only a little girl, her father and her five sisters took excellent care of her, above all instructing her in the faith, to which she showed a keen sensibility from a very early age.\u00a0 Privileged moments of grace adorned her early years, and when her oldest sister joined the nearby Carmelite convent she felt drawn to follow (eventually, four of the five girls in the Martin family joined that same convent).\u00a0 For her, the religious life was not a flight from the world so much as a flight into the arms of her beloved Jesus.\u00a0 And right from her entrance (at age 15 \u2013 she received special permission to enter early) the Lord showered her with spiritual insights, as well as a healthy share of spiritual and physical trials, which purified her love. Through her years as a religious, and eventually as a novice instructor, she developed what she termed her \u201clittle way\u201d to holiness, a way custom fitted for \u201clittle souls.\u201d\u00a0 It consisted in finding God\u2019s will in the most mundane tasks and happenings of every day, and embracing it with simple, childlike love.\u00a0 For example, one of her sisters was making noise with her rosary beads in the chapel, such that Therese was distracted in her prayer.\u00a0 Instead of letting herself get frustrated, she imagined that the noise was beautiful music, and in her heart offered it to Jesus as a prayer.\u00a0 Another example: she used to often fall asleep during the silent time of thanksgiving after Mass in the chapel.\u00a0 At first this vexed her, but then she reflected that parents love their children equally when they are asleep or awake, and God would not do less.\u00a0 One sister in the convent used to unwittingly splash Therese with water whenever they had to do the wash together (which was often).\u00a0 This was annoying.\u00a0 But instead of rebuking the sister and becoming angry, in her imagination Therese likened the drops of water to drops of God\u2019s grace, which are every moment being showered down upon us, and welcomed them with a prayer of thanksgiving.\u00a0 Her autobiography (<em>Story of a Soul)<\/em>, written under obedience, is bursting with similar insights and examples. A soul so determined to find God and trust him in all things could not be long for this earth.\u00a0 And after a final year of horrible spiritual (and physical) sufferings and long, drawn-out temptations, she was called to her heavenly abode.\u00a0 On her deathbed she uttered a promise: \u201cI have never given the good God aught but love, and it is with love that he will repay.\u00a0 After my death I will let fall a shower of roses.\u201d\u00a0 I pray that she sends some roses your way, to free you from the spiritual paralysis that comes from depending solely on one\u2019s own strength to achieve union with God. 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He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson\u2019s\u00a0The Passion of the Christ\u00a0while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller,\u00a0Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scenes explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican\u2019s 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. His most widely known books are The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer and 60 Days to Becoming a Missionary Disciple. His most recent book is\u00a0Spiritual But Not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World. Fr. John resides in Atlanta and serves as Territorial Vicar for the Legionaries of Christ. See all books, Regnum Christi Essays, Retreat Guides, posts, and online classes from Fr. 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