01/10/2026
OCTOBER 01 | SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS
"I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul."
These are the words of THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, a Carmelite nun called the "Little Flower," who lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent of Lisieux, France. [In French-speaking areas, she is known as Thรฉrรจse of Lisieux.] And her preference for hidden sacrifice did indeed convert souls.
Few saints of God are more popular than this young nun. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, is read and loved throughout the world. Thรฉrรจse Martin entered the convent at the age of 15 and died in 1897 at the age of 24.
SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, PRAY FOR US