Old Testement

The Little Way

This Catholic fine art print is centered on St. Theresa of Lisieux. Her Little Way [of love, which she taught in her book The Story of a Soul has helped millions of people world wide grow in their spiritual life. Theresa of Lisieux was named a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul ll. In the two thousand year history of the Church there have been only 33 saints honored with the title Doctor of the Church. The title is given to those saints whose life, teaching and writing have profoundly affected the life of the whole Church.

The details in this window represent some of the main aspects of her life and teaching. In her book Story of a Soul, written in obedience to her superior and translated into over thirty languages, she writes with elegant simplicity about her life.

The dove descending on St. Therese represents the Holy Spirit who led Therese to know and life the childlike simplicity of her little way. The fire like ribbon surrounding the central image of our Lady of Guadalupe represents the graces poured out in St Therese. The twenty small blue circles represent the twenty mysteries of the rosary. The seven stars represents the seven spirits of God that surround his throne in heaven (book of Revelation). The two red and white lilies to the left and right of Therese represent her virginal purity and burning charity. Below and to the right of Therese is an oval that contains an image of the Holy Face of Jesus, which St. Therese used to contemplate the divine charity of the suffering passionate Christ. On the left is a large circle that contains an image of the Christ child.

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