Saturday, October 1, 2005

Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (The Little Flower)

Message from St. Therese of Lisieux - (the 'Little Flower') given to Visionary Maureen Sweeney-Kyle in North Ridgeville, USA

St. Therese says: "Praise be to Jesus."

"Write down what I have come to tell you, child. This is the recipe for a good sacrifice."

"First and foremost, the sacrifice should arise from a heart full of love. Otherwise, what is surrendered to God is given half-heartedly. The sacrifice is only as worthy as the depth of love with which it is offered. To put it another way, if the sacrifice were a delicious morsel of food, it would only be as good as the ingredients used to prepare it."

"Any sacrifice done impatiently, angrily or with little Holy Love, merits the soul little consolation in this life, reward in the next life, and perhaps even a longer stay in Purgatory."

"Always serve God and neighbor as a little child whose sole purpose is to please his parents out of love."