Catholicly speaking October is a month rich with beloved Saints. Tonight we pass from grumpy old St. Jerome to the young sweet spiritual giant St. Therese. Tonight her Basilica in San Antonio has 1900 roses ready for the “mass of the roses..”
There will be roses all over the world tomorrow because of something she said when she was dying at the age of 24; “Oh I will come down! I will spend my Heaven doing good on earth! I will let fall a shower of roses from heaven!” And she will, too. Somewhere in all those roses ready for her feast day, there is one for you. Maybe she is already holding it close to her heart.
Shawn Chapman is the mother of two young adult daughters, enthusiastic grandmother of three great kids and a sweet little baby, a Discalced Secular Carmelite and writer. She is the Catholic Columnist for Bryan-College Station Eagle Newspaper, a Care Giver and author of the book Come to Mary's House, spending time with Our Blessed Mother and Meeting the One Who Loves You; St. Teresa of Avila’s way of prayer from Our Sunday Visitor, available anywhere books are sold. Shawn is a committed vegan and active in social justice concerns. She is a native Texan where she lives with a gaggle of cats dogs chickens and kids. :)
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