The Word Among Us

October 2024 Issue

A Completely New Way

St. Thérèse’s Short Path to Holiness

By: Fr. Jacques Philippe

A Completely New Way: St. Thérèse’s Short Path to Holiness by Fr. Jacques Philippe

St. Thérèse had always wanted to be a saint. But the answer was not for Thérèse to grow up and become great, because she couldn’t. She had to find another way. But where? She began her search, encouraged by the Gospel verse, which told her, “Everyone who seeks, finds!” (see Matthew 7:8).

Thérèse was not prepared to accept any old answer to her problem. “I want to find how to get to Heaven,” she wrote, “by a little...

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