#therese dont be trippin cuz her papa dont be trippin

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10/20/2023

Another anecdote from "Story of a Soul"!

St. Thérèse of Lisieux cartoons all October!

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. This cartoon is based directly on a passage from "Story of a Soul", St. Thérèse's autobiography.  In this part, she recalls late walks home from her uncle's house with her father.  The text of the cartoon is lightly paraphrased, but I feel maintains the same sentiment as in the book. 2. Some of you may already know this, but both of St. Thérèse's parents are also saints: Sts. Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin.  They were canonized fairly recently (2015), and they're the first and (so far) only couple to ever be canonized together.  Interestingly, before they met, they each tried and failed to enter religious life.  Despite that failure, they passed their religious devotion onto their five surviving daughters, who all ended up becoming nuns. 3. Not to get all mushy, but I find this stargazing anecdote especially moving.  It's a perfect metaphor for how these parents accepted their earthly devotions, freeing their children to throw their heads back and seek the divine.