During her nine years as a Carmelite, young Thérèse spent rich time in profound prayer and deep contemplation, where she absorbed many divine insights. Little did Thérèse know that she would become a missionary - just not in the traditional sense. She would remain at the convent until her death. At some point as a cloistered nun, she expressed an interest in becoming a missionary she deeply desired to join in the work of teaching souls about God, but her health was already too frail. So, besides the blessed roses, what is at the heart of the Little Flower’s sanctity?Īfter a somewhat sheltered childhood, Thérèse felt an overpowering tug to become a Carmelite nun as a teenager at the age of 15, with her beloved Papa, she walked the quarter of a mile from her home to be received into the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux. She lived a quiet and rather obscure life - and died at the young age of 24 in a cloistered convent. This Little Flower did not build a hospital, school or orphanage, nor did she start a new religious order. As beloved as she is, she did not start a new order, she wasn’t a missionary, and she had no renowned visions. Thérèse is often remembered as a young Carmelite nun in France and as someone who sometimes sends roses to those who ask for her prayers.
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