"Then she showed them to me and I understood better than ever, in what true glory consists. He whose “Kingdom is not of this world"[2] taught me that… - Thérèse of Lisieux
"Then she showed them to me and I understood better than ever, in what true glory consists. He whose “Kingdom is not of this world"[2] taught me that the only royalty to be coveted lies in being “unknown and esteemed as naught,"[3] and in the joy of self-abasement. And I wished that my face, like the Face of Jesus, “should be, as it were, hidden and despised,"[4] so that no one on earth should esteem me. I thirsted to suffer and to be forgotten. Most merciful has been the way by which the Divine Master has ever led me.
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About Thérèse of Lisieux
Thérèse of Lisieux (2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897) was a French Discalced Carmelite nun. She was canonized in 1925.
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Also Known As
Also Known As:
The Little Flower
Alternative Names:
Therese of Lisieux
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Saint Therese of Lisieux
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Therese Martin
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Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, O.C.D.
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Marie-Françoise-Therese Martin
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Santa Teresa de Lisieux
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Teresita del Nino Jesus
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St Theresa of the Child Jesus
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Marie-Françoise Martin
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Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin
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I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, Nature would lose her springtide beauty, and the fields would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. It is the same in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden
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