St. Therese of Lisieux was the most ordinary person. At age 15 she became a Carmelite sister. The Carmelite Order is named after Mount Carmel and dates back to the Prophet Elijah and the school of prophets on Mount Carmel who prayed and meditated on the law of the Lord day and night.
That is essentially what she did. She could do absolutely nothing extraordinary.
But she did little things with great love. She saw that by cleaning toilets, sweeping and mopping floors, doing laundry, dusting, cooking, and doing chores with great love for God, she could please God , bring grace from heaven to earth, and change the world.
She wrote a book called the little way , and taught the world that God doesn't need us to do great things but do little things with great love.
A Pope declared that she was the greatest saint of modern times, and she was made doctor of the church. She died at age 24, and to most people it would look like she accomplished nothing.
She gives hope to people that live the most ordinary lives. I make money washing dishes and going on liquor store runs for a wet house. I plan on being a janitor again. Therese teaches me that being a nobody and doing ordinary labors can lead to sainthood.
If you believe in God, and you feel like you have a lot of ordinary tasks that you attend to, everything you do can be an offering to the heavenly Father that you pray to. Jesus was a humble carpenter.
It is all a sacrifice, an offering, and a redemptive cross to offer your higher power, bringing down Grace from Heaven to Earth.
The prayers of one person, Moses, saved the entire nation of Israel. Perhaps you feel like a most ordinary person, but your prayers and ordinary labors are what is needed to save a nation from destruction. If Therese can become the greatest saint of modern times doing ordinary labors, so can you.
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by Matt Janes, Jan 15, 2018.
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You really should link to and give credit the writer of this, "Popeadope" at debatepolitics.com:
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When I feel the spirit gives me a seed to plant, I plant it multiple places
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That's an interesting way to describe what you're doing.
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A lot of people are stuck making a living by the sweat of their brow, doing jobs they don't like. The little way is a spirituality where a person can find deeper meaning in the ordinary things that they have to do, do all things for the Lord, and reach their fullest potential sanctifying the duties of their state in life. -
What do you mean by "St."??
On what "basis" was she "sainted" -- who could do absolutely nothing extraordinary?? -
Many miracles were attributed to her:
‘SHOWER OF ROSES’ – THE MANY MIRACLES OF SAINT THERESE THE LITTLE FLOWER -
"when we see the mystical shower of roses which God permitted and still permits her to let fall on earth, as she had ingenuously foretold’"
the OP does not really get into all the benefits from praying to the dead - that the link above goes into. -
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Attention after having died and lots of miracles being claimed for her?? -
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But praying to the dead is not something that sells on a Baptist discussion board. -
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God bless. -
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As far as your thread, I would hope you were fighting against abortion. That's the way it goes, some forums are pretty exclusive. But what I have found is that if your doctrine is sound you will not usually be banned.
Okay, just curious, or, being nosy, however you want to look at it.
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