Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Birth of St John the Baptist

..they[]made signs to his father to find out what he wanted him called. The father asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John"(Lk 1:62-63). 

I asked myself what name I would have at Carmel. I knew that there was a sister Therese of Jesus there; yet, my pretty name "Therese" could not be taken away from me. All at once, I thought of the little Jesus who I loved so much and I said to myself: "Oh how happy I would be to call myself Therese of the Child Jesus" (The Story of the Soul) 

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