Oct. 1st, St. Therese's Feast Day! Our Little Flower!

MOTTO OF THE LITTLE FLOWER

From St. John of the Cross

“Love is repaid by Love alone”


A Poem for St. Therese

God's little flower so beautiful and bright!
You were a feast for God's eyes at first sunlight
For you bloomed were God planted you
This proved that your roots were strong and true
For little flowers are just as important as the rose
For these gain humility much faster
And Heaven's ladder is open for the humble first
For the first must be the last and only little ones may pass
Gold molded you in the school of love and suffering
The two together could never be apart
For if one is missing
there truly is no love in the heart
God planted your seed with love
And you bloomed when suffering was sent from above
You became too brilliant to stay in the earth
So that's when God plucked you
And now you hold your place on His hearth.
Where He can gaze upon you each day
And you enjoy watching Your Master
plant new seedlings each day!

Happy Feast Day St. Therese! Pray for us!

The Sweet Joy of Suffering and Love!

It seems strange but the more little crosses I bear throughout the day, the more I realize just how much our Lord is there to help us if only we stop and ask! How many times do we try to take things on ourselves!? How can anyone expect to control the universe around them nevertheless their own life?

Surrender everything to our Lord and let Him turn those thorns into roses. The beauty and fragrance of the rose cannot be enjoyed without the ugliness and sting of the thorn. The more one suffers well the more one will thank our Lord for the opportunities to suffer well!

Only in this way will our hearts be able to make more room to love our Lord! Think about other instances of suffering and love. The pain and suffering a mother feels bringing her child into the world, The pain and torture our Lord went through on the cross, The pain and heartache marriages can cause, The pain of suffering our Lord sends, but in the end the Love always grows!

It's as if pain,suffering and love form a template for a spiritual masterpiece! How good our God is!

I also want to publicly thank my dear Patron, St. Padre Pio for his wonderful intercession as always and to ask for his perpetual prayers for us all!
Also, Happy Feast Day to St.Therese tomorrow, please pray for us! You are my bookends in this life as is my Guardian Angel towards my Lord! Never cease praying for us!