"From her little cell, as from a broadcasting station, wonderful waves escape night and day. The souls whom they reach are unaware of their origin. They merely murmur: 'Someone has prayed for me'."
- Abbe Thellier de Poncheville
St Therese of Lisieux was a true daughter of Elijah. She had great apostolic zeal - A zeal for souls. She longed to go to the missions but could not. When she realized that "LOVE COMPRISED ALL VOCATIONS," she then understood her place in the church. In the Story of A Soul, she wrote, "... I have found my place in the Church and it is You, O my God, who have given me this place; in the heart of the Church, my Mother, I shall be Love." Though she lived out her vocation within the bounds of her Cloister and never went to the missions, it was never the less a most fruitful apostolic life.
The offering of her life and her prayers to God for the salvation of souls should inspire us with confidence in God's power to use our own prayers and offerings. Abbe Thellier de Poncheville, in speaking of the powerful effect of the intercessory life of St Therese wrote, "From her little cell, as from a broadcasting station, wonderful waves escape night and day. The souls whom they reach are unaware of their origin. They merely murmur: 'Someone has prayed for me'."
Reflect on this when at prayer and have confidence that, through the action of God's grace, your prayer will be effective in saving souls.
Blessed Virgin Mary & St Joseph Community, OCDS - Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, Concord, NH
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