03 May 2009

LotS: St. Thérèse of Lisieux


[Fabric, straight pins, rick rack, patches]

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

arranges flowers
for the table--daisies with
a branch of hawthorn.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-97) became a cloistered Carmelite nun at the age of fifteen. Though she died of tuberculosis nine years later, she is honored as a Doctor of the Church for her "Little Way," a quiet creed of constant small acts of charity and humility.

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