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𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓

September 28, 2026

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡? Little by little, infirmities stemming from old age assail her: she becomes deaf, walks with difficulty, and suffers from rheumatism. Nevertheless, one prayer accompanies her always: “May I live for love of you, may I die for love of you, let my last heartbeat be an act of perfect love. “Has Therese Couderc left a message? She makes no claim to have done so. She does not even seek to repeat the great evangelical lessons of the seed which must die to bear fruit, the vine which must allow itself to be pruned in order to yield more. She does not have to repeat them; she has lived them with a rare intensity and a marvelous happiness!” – (Therese Couderc: Woman and Saint by Paule de Lassus, rc)

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𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐞: 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭

September 28, 2026

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐞: 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬? Saint Thérèse freely consented to be associated with Jesus in His agony. This union with Christ in suffering became the highest point to which she had been led in her life, one increasingly “animated by the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” “Do not be anxious about my health, I lack nothing. As to the pains and discomforts which I carry about with me everywhere and always, we should only thank the Good God for these, since He orders them so well that I am rarely deprived of hearing Holy Mass; when I am not able to go dowstairs, I hear it from the little tribune.” – letter of Mother Thérèse to Mother Marie Aimée Lautier, Lyon, 15 November 1884 (a year before her death)

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𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐲𝐨𝐧

September 28, 2026

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞? In 1867, when the Montpellier house was closed, Saint Thérèse returned to Lyon, where she spent the last 18 years of her life. As her health declined, she suffered greatly and experienced less of God’s presence. Yet, even when “consolations vanished,” she never ceased to pray and seek God in everything.