‘Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s St. Thérèse’ offers beautiful insights into the Little Flower.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s St. Thérèse offers beautiful insights into the Little Flower and Blessed Fulton Sheen’s personal devotion to her — expressed through talks and sermons Sheen gave in 1973, the centenary of St. Thérèse’s birth, in Dublin.
“How are we going to live in these troubled times? There is really only one answer: We have to become saints,” Sheen says.
He continues:
“The Church has given us a saint for our times, and that is this young nun, St. Thérèse of Lisieux. She gave us a way to become saints that, first of all, is very simple.”
He outlines her two rules: “One was never to seek the satisfaction of the self, and secondly, to do everything, to bear everything out of love for our Lord.”
“A saint is one who makes Christ lovable. That’s the definition of a saint,” he underlines.
“And so St. Thérèse recommended we take any action — study, work, rest, leisure (it makes no difference which) — and relate it to our Blessed Lord.”
He proceeds to discuss the Little Flower’s care of a persnickety elderly sister, advising: “Think of how many
