Living Bread, Bread of Heaven, divine Eucharist,
O sacred Mystery! that Love has brought forth….
Come live in my heart, Jesus, my white Host,
Just for today.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux
PN 5, My Song for Today, stanza 8

She went for the last time before the Blessed Sacrament in the oratory in the afternoon; but she was at the end of her strength. I saw her look at the Host for a long time and I guessed it was without any consolation but with much peace in her heart.

I recall that in the morning after the Mass, when the community was going to the oratory to make thanksgiving, no one thought of helping her. She walked very quietly close to the wall. I didn’t dare offer her my arm.

Mother Agnès of Jesus (Pauline Martin)

Yellow Notebook, 2 July 1897

Detail of a photo montage created at the Carmel of Lisieux utilizing a 1913 photo of Mother Agnes (Pauline Martin) and a retouched copy of the last photo of St. Therese, which Sr. Genevieve (Celine Martin) took while Therese was getting some fresh air in the cloister.

Thérèse & Clarke, J 1977, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Her Last Conversations, Institute of Carmelite Studies, Washington DC.

Thérèse of Lisieux, S 1995, The Poetry of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, translated from the French by Kinney, D, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: A monstrance of stunning beauty exposes the supreme beauty of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Image credit: David Eucaristía / Flickr (Public domain)

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