Dear Brother Knights,
On Oct. 1, we celebrated our parish feast day of St. Teresa. Se. Teresa is, of course, known for her “little way.” The little way is essentially doing little things with great love.
In Lisieux where St. Teresa lived, you can visit the Carmelite monastery where she is laid to rest. It’s a small, simple place where St. Teresa lived her very simple life. She lived in a tiny monastery. But she possessed what we could call magnanimity, or greatness of soul. She did little thinks with great love. She wrote in her story of the soul about the tender love of Jesus. She lived a very short life, as she died of Tuberculosis at the age of 24.
In the eyes of the world, St. Teresa didn’t do much in her life, but the effects of her magnanimity are very much apparent. St. Teresa wanted to be a missionary. She wanted to go to the far corners of the world to preach the gospel. She was obviously never able to do this in this live but she continues to do it through her prayers. Christians from all over the world have devotion to her, and so she really did become a missionary!
One of her great sayings is that she wants to “spend her heaven doing good things on earth.” St. Teresa, pray for us!
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Kipper
