OUR MISSION
"I feel my mission is soon to begin, to make others love God as I do,
to teach others my little way." -Saint Thérèse
Ladies of the Little Flower make the mission of Saint Therese our own!
The mission has three parts.
OUR PRAYERS
As a Carmelite nun, St. Thérèse understood the importance of prayer. Ladies of the Little Flower pray for all of our members and their intentions, and for the needs of the Church, especially for her priests. The amount of prayer varies according to each person's vocation and schedule. We include our Saint's Daily Offering that she composed:
O my God, I offer all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to His infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of His merciful love. O my God, I ask of Thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Thy holy will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all eternity. Amen.
OUR FRIENDSHIPS
Ladies of the Little Flower gather together once a month to foster friendships and to help each other grow in holiness. Together we read through a Carmelite book and discuss it. Our choice of book always ties in with our Saint and her Little Way as "the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute surrender to Jesus" or one of the Carmelite Saints with the same life-changing and life-giving message.
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We meet the last Thursday of the month, September through April. See the schedule on the home page for the dates and location of our monthly meetings.
THE ROSES
Experience has shown that Saint Thérèse's "shower of roses" is both figurative and actual. As she was dying in the convent infirmary, Thérèse could look out and see the rose bushes blossoming. She loved roses and gave this explanation: "After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth. I will raise up a mighty host of little Saints. My mission is to make God loved..."
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Roses are Saint Thérèse's signature. It is her way of whispering to those who ask for a sign that she has heard and she is praying for them. Tens of thousands of people have given witness to the way Thérèse has interceded for their petitions by the graces they received. The roses represent the countless answered prayers, both great and small, that have been granted through her powerful intercession.
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Ladies of the Little Flower are always ready to help spread devotion to Saint Thérèse by sharing her prayer card and even giving someone her signature rose when we feel led to do so. It is our way of helping continue her mission, which is ours too: "to make God loved."