'Unless you become like little children...'
Matt 18:1-5
How better to become like little children than to be 'teachable' like St. Therese. She is a COLW Patron ans yet nothing she has written appears in the Book of Life. However, by her life, her Little Way and all her allusions to being small and even like a little ball in the hands of the Child Jesus, just here to please him and do his bidding, she tells us all we need to know.
She was the most teachable little child herself when she was truly seeking to do his will always by living her life in Carmel so simply and beautifully. She lived in the Divine Will completely and became a saint! There were no extraordinary signs or wonders or amazing feats - she just gradually became increasingly united to Jesus in all the little things. She was open to learning from him every day. Perfect union can look like just being a little child in his hands.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them, the little children. That surely means the beatific vision and perfect union and heaven forever - the union we all desire. Unless we open up to the teachability of a child, we can't reach that level of union and Therese has been given to us to help us do that.
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