Therese Of Lisieux

Therese of Lisieux born Jan 2nd, 1873, daughter of Louis and Zelie Martin, a watchmaker by trade and a lace makers.

Lost her mother at the age of 4th, his father told her that she was in heaven,therefore she wished to be in heaven and she made that an everyday commitment.

Since little she wanted to enter a convent

She received her first communion at the age of 11

His father calledher this "little queen."

Her sister Celine, nearly four years older, became her favorite playmate.

The passage is all the more remarkable because it revealed the theme of exile which dominated herwhole life. Therese maintained the first word she learned to read was "heaven." From her childhood she interpreted all her world as only the beginning, only a glimpse of a glorious future. Sundayshad tremendous significance. They were days of rest tinged with melancholy because they must end. It was on a Sunday evening this youngster felt the pang of exile of this earth. "I longed," sheexplained, "for the everlasting repose of heaven - that never ending Sunday of the fatherland...."

Therese, given the proper occasion, continued to produce extreme temper tantrums. The following is her ownaccount of one of the more sparkling scenes that took place between herself and her poor nurse, Victoire. "I wanted an inkstand which was on the shelf of the fireplace in the kitchen; being toolittle to take it down, I very nicely asked Victoire to give it to me. But she refused, telling me to get up on a chair. I took a chair without saying a word, but thinking she wasn't too nice; wanting tomake her feel it, I searched out in my little head what offended me the most. She often called me a 'little brat' when she was annoyed at me and humbled me very much. So before jumping off my chair, Iturned around with dignity and said, 'Victoire, you are a brat!' Then I made my escape leaving Victoire to meditate on the profound statement I had just made... I thought, if Victoire didn't want to...