St Therese of the Child Jesus,
"The Little Flower"
 Feast Day October 1

Marian Mantle Group members strive to turn each moment into a prayer for those we love. We also try to help each other find peace for our troubled hearts by our encouraging a confident faith like that of St. Thérèse to grow.

Prayer to St Therese of the Child Jesus

St Therese the Little Flower, please pick me a rose from your heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love. Ask God to grant me the favor I implore and tell Him I will daily loved Him more and more. Amen

The Story of St. Theresa of Lisieux
(Written especially to share with children)

     Theresa’s mother died when she was four years old. Theresa was the baby of the family. About the age of nine, she became seriously ill. While praying, she saw the statue of Mary in her bedroom smile at her. Theresa was cured of her illness. Theresa wanted to join her sisters and enter the convent. However, Theresa cried easily. She prayed to stop crying so much. Her prayer was answered on Christmas.
      Then, Church officials believed Theresa was too young to enter the convent. One day, her father took her along to an audience with the Pope. Courageously, Theresa begged the Holy Father to help her. She was allowed to enter the Carmelite convent at age 15.
       Theresa lived a simple life there, but she lived it all for Jesus. She called it "the little way" to heaven. She wrote that God’s garden, like gardens on Earth, has both beautiful, stately flowers (like the rose), and little, "plain" flowers, too. Because she thought of herself as a "little flower" of God, she became known to those who ask for her intercession as "Saint Theresa, The Little Flower". Before her death, she promised to send a shower of roses from heaven. She said she would spend her heaven doing good on earth. She was declared a saint In 1925.

Petition Prayer

Lord Jesus, through the life of St. Thérèse, you have brought new hope to all who long to open their hearts to you. Teach us the secret of her ‘Little Way’ and help us to realise that we can always talk with You and bring You our gratitude, our smiles and our tears.
     Stay with us, Jesus, so that in the midst of our busy hours, we may turn to You in loving trust. Transform each passing moment of time into a moment of prayer. Fill every troubled heart with the confident faith of St. Thérèse. In joy and in sorrow, in every circumstance, may our hearts rest in Your peace.  Amen.