Mary Frances Martin was born at Alençon of parents most pious and endowed with a comfortable amount of the goods of this world. At the age of fifteen she entered the Carmel of Lisieux, living there in holiness and humility. Her whole ambition was to love God perfectly and to conquer souls for Jesus. She died in the odor of sanctity, promising to "spend her heaven in doing good upon earth" (1873-1897). His Holiness Pope Pius XI declared her Blessed on April 29, 1923, and canonized her on March 17, 1925.
Because today is the feast day of St. Therese on the Byzantine calendar as well as on the traditional Roman calendar, we were able to attend the Divine Liturgy offered today in her honor. The whole institute prayed a novena to St. Therese (our principal patroness) leading up to her Novus Ordo feast day (Oct. 1), and today we received news that the ITI had received an unexpected, very generous, and badly needed donation on October 1st. The school is, of course, desperately trying to raise money for the move to Trumau (more about that here).This morning I found a new bed for Maria in one of the ITI storage rooms. It's actually a crib, but I took one of the sides off and flipped it up on top in order to make a roof for her. She is quite fond of making "houses" out of blankets. She was quite happy with her new sleeping arrangements, and spent a lot of time playing in her bed before we actually put her to bed. Tonight we'll see if she can make it through the night without falling out of bed onto the floor. It's not much of a fall, but I'm sure it would be a rude awakening.
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Results thus far: she made it through the first night without falling out, but not the second.
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