Description
This is a small flower shaped Silver St. Teresia Therese Of Lisieux - Santa Teresa Theresa Catholic Religious Medal Patron Saint Of Florists, Flower Growers, & Aviators. Distinctive floral charm features Saint Teresa, on the back, holding a cross ensconced in blooming roses - inscription on reverse reads: "Santa Teresa". The front is a lovely blooming flower (Therese's emblem) signifying her motto: "Je Veux Passer Mon Ciel A Faire Du Bien Sur La Terre" which in English means "I Will Spend My Heaven Doing Good Upon Earth". Therese of Lisieux, better known as St. Theresa has been acclaimed as the "Greatest saint of modern times." Marie Francois Therese Martin was born on January 2, 1873 in Normandy France. She became a Carmelite nun when she was 15 years old. Therese wanted to be a Carmelite nun in the worst way. When the superior of the Carmelite Convent refused to accept her, she went to the bishop who also refused to allow her to become a nun. Her father & sister took her on a pilgrimage to Rome to try to get her mind off this crazy idea. They went for an audience with the Pope but were forbidden to speak to him. As soon as Therese got near the Pope, she begged that he let her enter the Carmelite convent. She was quickly carried away by two of the guards. The Vicar General was so impressed with this that soon Therese was admitted to the Carmelite convent. She joined her sisters Pauline & Marie who were already there. Once she entered the convent as a cloistered Carmelite nun, she knew that she would never be able to perform great deeds. She once said, "Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers & these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance & word, & the doing of the least actions for love." This is how she became known as "The Little Flower." Therese didn't just want to be good; she wanted to be a saint. The following words that Therese wrote sum up why she was so special & has touched the lives of so many people: "I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints & me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds & a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by. Instead of being discouraged, I told myself: God would not make me wish for something impossible & so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short & very straight, a little way that is quite new. We live in an age of inventions. We need no longer climb laboriously up flights of stairs; in well-to-do houses there are lifts. & I was determined to find a lift to carry me to Jesus, for I was far too small to climb the steep stairs of
