"The Sacred Heart," by Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS. (Click on the image to purchase).

On the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, please see my article "The Abysses of Love and Mercy of the Heart of Jesus: St. Therese of Lisieux and the Sacred Heart," published on the Web site of the Apostleship of Prayer.  Let me know your thoughts about St. Therese and the Heart of Jesus. 

On Wednesday, July 10, to honor the feast of Louis and Zelie Martin, Father Jim Kubicki, the national director of the Apostleship of Prayer, a great friend of Therese and a dear friend of mine, spoke about Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin and about the vocation to family prayer on "Inner Life,' a call-in radio show for spiritual direction on Relevant Radio. He spoke sensitively and in depth about the marital spirituality of Louis and Zelie as it applies to us and about the vocation of prayer, and graciously recommended both "Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway" and the book "A Call to a Deeper Love," the letters of Louis and Zelie. Please listen to the show at http://www.relevantradio.com/audios/the-inner-life (select the date July 10).

became a member of the Apostleship of Prayer.  The young girl of twelve who joined the Apostleship on October 15, 1885 was declared its patron, together with St. Francis Xavier, in 2004.  For more about Therese's membership and about the Apostleship of Prayer, please see "St. Therese of Lisieux and the Apostleship of Prayer." 

    The archives of the Carmel of Lisieux conserved a document signed by Therese Martin at the age of 12, showing that on October 15, 1885 she enrolled in the Apostleship of Prayer, an association born of the missionary desires of Jesuits at a French seminary in 1844.  St. Therese of Lisieux is now co-patron of the Apostleship of Prayer.  Learn more about the Apostleship of Prayer and Therese's relationship with it.