St. Thérèse of Lisieux Patroness of Mission and Lover of Nature
Every year, our Mother Church invite us her Children in the Month of October to actively participate and share in Her mission. This starts on First October with the Celebration of the feast day of the Patroness of Mission (St. Therese of Lisieux) described by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a nature lover and development activist taken up be Pope Francis in his Laudato Si 230. T he Saint, popularly known as the 'Little Flower' tells us of her Love for nature in her Autobiography: The Story of the Soul. The Little flower is a soul with the blazing love for God and Nature. How she saw God in nature is a wonderful experience; how she could feel the wind singing the Heavenly Hymn for her is even more captivating, what more would a soul desire other than listening here on earth the Hymn one would enjoy in Heaven. More wonderfully, Therese considered she had the Vocation to be a priest before discernment made her settle fo...