https://carmelourladysdovecote.wordpress.com/2013/02/While proclaiming St.Therese of Child Jesus and the Holy Face as a Doctor of the Church, Pope John Paul II said:
Before the emptiness of so many words, Thérèse offers another solution, the one Word of salvation which, understood and lived in silence, becomes a source of renewed life. She counters a rational culture, so often overcome by practical materialism, with the disarming simplicity of the "little way" which, by returning to the essentials, leads to the secret of all life: the divine Love that surrounds and penetrates every human venture. In a time like ours, so frequently marked by an ephemeral and hedonistic culture, this new doctor of the Church proves to be remarkably effective in enlightening the mind and heart of those who hunger and thirst for truth and love.
Sunday, 19 October 1997
http://www.prayforourleaders.net/LittleWayOfLove.htmlSt.Therese reminds us that suffering is redemptive and that it is privilege granted to us by God. In her poem 'Living On Love!' she writes:
Living on Love is holding You Yourself.The Spirit of Love sets me aflame with his fire.
Uncreated word, Word of my God,
Ah ! Divine Jesus, you know I love you.
In loving you I attract the Father.
My weak heart holds him forever.
O Trinity ! You are Prisoner
Of my Love !…
Living on Love is living on your life,
Glorious King, delight of the elect.
You live for me, hidden in a host.
I want to hide myself for you, O Jesus !
Lovers must have solitude,
A heart-to-heart lasting night and day.
Just one glance of yours makes my beatitude.
I live on Love !…
Living on Love is not setting up one’s tent
At the top of Tabor.
It’s climbing Calvary with Jesus,
It’s looking at the Cross as a treasure !…
In Heaven I’m to live on joy.
Then trials will have fled forever,
But in exile, in suffering I want
To live on Love.
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