Saint Therese Tapestries

Saint Therese

AKA Therese the Little Flower, or Therese of the Child Jesus

Thérèse von Lisieux (Theresia of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face) was a French defeated Carmelite. She is worshiped in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint and a church teacher. Her parents Zélie and Louis Martin were also canonized in 2015.

Saint Teresa of Avila, AKA Saint Teresa of Jesus, (28 March 1515 - 4 October 1582), was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun and author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer.

Teresa was declared a saint five years and a day after Saint Joan of Arc, but she had far more impact than that of the legendary French heroine. At the time, Pius XI revived the ancient custom of decorating St. Peter's Basilica with torches and tallow lamps. According to one account, "Tallow ropes and lamps were recovered from the dusty warehouses where they had been stored for over fifty-five years. A few older workers who still remembered how the decoration was last done - in 1870 - guided the 300 men work for two weeks as they climbed to tie the lamps in St. Peter's dome." The New York Times devoted its front page to a story about the occasion, entitled "All Rome Admires St. Peter Shining for the New Saint", According to the Times, more

"My vocation is love." - St Therese of Lisieux

She is one of the patron saints of missions.

Saint Therese of Child Jesus

Saint Therese of Jesús writing a mystical book. Sonia Pascual.

St. Therese of the Child Jesus illustration

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

This beautiful homage to Saint Therese will help remind you to keep this prayer in your daily practices.

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

"I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden." - St Therese of Lisieux (An original pattern)

“The world’s thy ship and not thy home”

“The world’s thy ship and not thy home”

This saint is the mother of St. Therese of Lisieux. Her husband is a saint, too! Saint Zelie is a patron saint of marriage.

"Jesus, You are the Star that leads me on." - St Therese of Lisiuex

"Jesus, You are the Star that leads me on." - St Therese of Lisiuex