Comments on: St. Therese of “The Little Flower” – Following Her Road Map & Compass To God

By: Robert Ssempa

Robert Ssempa — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:15:52 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean
I landed on this wonderful website by chance, i was just relaxing in office and decided to put your name in the search engine. This is wonderful.
I am the chairman of the Laity in the Archdiocese of Kampala – UGANDA and Cardinal Wamala was my Archbishop until few months ago when he retired and now succeded by His Grace Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga.
I normally follow what happens in our sister dioceses and pass over the information to the faithful when i get a chance. At times i print out the information ( like this one)and pass over to various priests and to our news letter editor. Your Eminance this is wonderful, may the lord guide you in your work.
Robert Ssempa
Chairman of the Laity Kampala Archdicese

By: Mary Jo Bieberich

Mary Jo Bieberich — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:36:09 +0000

Your Excellency:

In this week’s Catholic Review, the weekly newspaper for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, I read the Catholic News Service article about your blog and immediately went on-line. Your homily about the three Saint Theresas reminded me of my mother’s (also a Theresa) life-long devotion to the Little Flower. I fondly remember how she would insist that her name be spelled correctly…with an “h” like the Little Flower. My mother died in December 2001. She was 89. Your message about St. Theresa brought back wonderful and soothing memories of my mother Theresa, her deep faith in God, and her devotion to her patron saint. Thank you for such an unexpected and lovely gift.

Respectfully,

Mary Jo

By: John J.Riley,M.A.,M.Div.

John J.Riley,M.A.,M.Div. — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:21:02 +0000

Cardinal Sean,
It was a joy to read about your taking
possession of your titular church in Rome. Your talk
about the Little Flower was great. I was born on the
feast of the Little Flower (Oct.3,1932) and enjoyed your
homily. The 3 Teresas were certainly great saints.
Lucky (John J.Riley,M.A.,M.Div.)

By: Roger DeHay

Roger DeHay — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:54:34 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean,
You fill the heart with compassion and reverence with your words and detailed journey’s experience. The Lord has trully blessed our Archdiocese here in Boston with a true friend of Christ and Shephard of the faithful. May God bless you and our Universal Church as our prayers will always be with you and our Holy Father.

PS: Thank you so much for this blog. I had no idea what a bolg was until I heard of this on the news

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:00:57 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean,

I really love your blog. Thanks for sharing your experiences in Rome with everyone. I look forward to checking back for updates ;o)

By: MANUEL AVELLAN

MANUEL AVELLAN — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:25:34 +0000

Su Eminencia:

Le ruego pedir por el hijo de mi mejor amogo, quien tiene todo su cuerpo con melanoma, solo un milagro de Dios, lo podra salvar.

Agimus tibi Gratias

Manuel

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:38:27 +0000

such an emotional experience. thank you for letting me be part of this. god bless you

By: Hon. William H. Carey

Hon. William H. Carey — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:57:30 +0000

Your blog from Italy was a beautiful and inspireing representation of your trip. It even spreads out to your old home here in Fall River Diocese. I only hope that God gives you the strength to continue your mission which you do so well and accomplish so much. All our prayers contiue to be with you.

By: Clarence Gilyard

Clarence Gilyard — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:51:57 +0000

+JMJ+

Your Excellency,

I met you 2 summers ago at the Stonehill College. I am on the board of directors for the International Headquarters for Holy Cross Family Ministries. I am a husband, father of 3, actor, director, producer, and now associate professor of theatre and film. Thus there are a lot of ways for me to cry the Gospel. I have been introduced to your blog and I thank you for your transparency. If you need anything from the Gilyard family give me a call.

Gloria Te Cristo Gesu,
Clarence Gilyard

cagilyard@aol.com

By: joan

joan — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:14:03 +0000

Dear Bishop Sean,
As a child and a member of St. Lawrence parish, I was enthralled with the beautiful statue of St. Theresa, set before a golden wall with cascades of red roses. Many happy prayers were said there. It is still a favorite place to contemplate one of God’s miracles. Thank you for sharing your joy. Joan

By: Obi of St. Thomas More

Obi of St. Thomas More — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:19:32 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean:

This is a beautiful Blog. Are you going to teach sharing the faith via Blog to your brother cardinals?

Obi

By: ro shapley

ro shapley — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:27:11 +0000

Eminence,

Im am a Parishioner of The Shrine of St. Therese in Fresno, Ca. Perhaps you know it is the first North American shrine to The Little Flower. Your blog on the events of the Feast Day in Rome is very important to me and my fellow parishioners and I thank you for your commentary and especially the fact you are the Cardinal of the Titular Church dedicated to St. Therese.

By: Martin W Clark

Martin W Clark — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:27:29 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean,
How wonderful to have your blog, and your taking the reader along on your visits to the Eternal City. What is even greater than your insight and rememberances of your travels, is the openness and easy communication you have given us with Boston’s Cardinal Archbishop. This open communication link draws the readers closer to their shepherd and brings you and your sheep closer in greater union with the Shepherd of us all, Jesus Christ. God bless you and keep writing for these words show the love of your ministry, and greater insight of your position through the eyes of a prayerful and humble leader.
Pray for me as I pray for you.
Marty Clark

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:39:53 +0000

What a great treatise of St. Therese!
Thank you, your Excellency.

By: MSGR. STANLEY E. MILEWSKI

MSGR. STANLEY E. MILEWSKI — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:28:47 +0000

HOW WONDERFUL OF YOU TO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH US. YOU BROUGHT TO MIND THE VISIT I WAS PRIVILEGED TO MAKE WITH YOU TO THE GRAVE OF VENERABLE SOLANUS CASEY DURING YOUR VISIT TO ORCHARD LAKE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR PRAYERS AS YOU LEAD THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN BOSTON. HAVE A WONDERFUL FEAST DAY OF ST. FRANCIS D’ASSISI. BEST WISHES. OREMUS PRO INVICEM.

By: Deacon Robert DeLuca

Deacon Robert DeLuca — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:51:52 +0000

I discovered a treasure upon reading the Catholic News Service today…Cardinal Sean’s blog. Thank you for taking the time to share your pilgrimage of faith with us.

As a native of the Archdiocese of Boston, I was delighted when the Great John Paul II named to Archbishop and even more delighted when you were elevated to Cardinal. The people of God deserve a humble friar like you to bring about the healing and reconciliation that is so necessary.

Be assured of a remembrance in my daily prayers and sacrifices. May God continue to bless you abundantly and may Father Francis continue to inspire you as you ‘rebuild the Church’.

Deacon Robert DeLuca
Diocese of Saint Augustine, FL

By: Frances

Frances — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:36:24 +0000

How nice to read your blog…thank you for your writings…informative and reverent…love the little details like the pastoral garment several hundreds of years old…wonderful….hope you had a restful time and come home to us here! Bring home A BUNCH of those rosaries….and let’s pray! Pray on, pray on.

By: William Horan

William Horan — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:13:48 +0000

I wonder if these Saint Theresas can help us do a better job of serving the poor in our Catholic Schools and Colleges. It seems like most of our resources go to the middle class and rich.
St. Theresas, teach us how to provide “a preferential option for the poor.”

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:05:56 +0000

Cardinal Sean, So many of the faithful in the Fall River Diocese have been following you on your journey to Rome. Thank you for this extremely informative blog. I frequently visit the Perpetual Eucharistic Chapel that you dedicated at Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich. The stained glass windows that you generously gave to the parish which vividly depict some of the more significant aspects of the Lord’s life in the Holy Land are spectacular and inspirational to so many. As we approach the feast day of St. Francis may you and your Franciscan brothers take great support from the Lord and His love for St. Francis.

From the faithful in the Diocese of Fall River

By: Myriam Dox-Frias

Myriam Dox-Frias — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:25:43 +0000

Dear Padre Sean,
Congratulations on an outstanding blog! Thanks to you we have once again visited Rome. It has been a great blessing to read every day about your daily activities and to catch a glimpse of what the real Vatican is. Your homily on the Feast of the Little Flower has touched our hearts, and the beauty of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria (the photos) are just amazing! Stay well and know that you remain always in our prayers.
Myriam Dox-Frias
Belgium

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:11:14 +0000

Dear Cardinal O’Malley,

God brought me to your blog just a few days ago. I am from the Diocese of Springfield and have greatly enjoyed what I have seen and read on your blog. Thank you so very much for reaching out to us. Inspired by the feast of St Therese I ask you to pray for the Littlest of Little prayer cenacle whose members named St Therese their patron. They were truely the littlest member (infants, toddler, early chilhood age) when it was established. Now they are entering into young adult life and face many challenges and obstacles, which some of them have fallen to. Please pray for them…I will pray for you.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:31:19 +0000

Dear Cardinal O’Malley,
Thank you for your blog on your trip. God Bless all of you and keep you safe. Please pray for me right now. I need all the prayers that I can get. I am going through some rough times but I am trying to have faith in God. I believe he is the most forgiving God. I need his forgiveness and help right now.
God Bless you always,
Jan

By: Gail Marie..JoyfulPilgrim

Gail Marie..JoyfulPilgrim — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:30:25 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean, Again your blog is just out standing and I’m looking forward to your continued blog’s on Friday. Please add pictures of Boston and area for us who are not in your care. And keep us all in your prayers. as we will keep you and OUR HOLY CATHOLIC..Thank you again for sharing your pilgrimage with us..which is over now..as all pilgrimages do. But now we are all on a Journey, which never ends. PRAYERS and BLESSINGS for you, Gail

By: Eva Arnott

Eva Arnott — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:43:39 +0000

I enjoyed reading the homily about the inspiring life of St Therese. It reminded me of a story told by a retired Boston archdiocesan priest. Seventy years ago he attended St Theresa parochial school which was going to be visited by Cardinal O’Connell who usually asked the class what another name was for the saint after whom a school was named. The nuns prepared the children to chorus the answer “The Little Flower”. On that day, however, he swept in, dressed all in red, and asked instead – “Do you know who I am?”………………..!

By: Theresa C. Gleason

Theresa C. Gleason — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:31:12 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean, Most wonderful blog…how approachable…lovely smile too…Fr. Christopher Rengers has promoted your achievements several times to me through the years…….Most importantly…I am suggesting a read of Our Lady OF Victory, revelations of Sr. Natalia of Hungary…….Tan BOoks…..She promotes Our Lady’s Victory that offers much joy and more, after this trial period which seems to last forever, but in God’s time, is but a blip on the radar screen…pray we may remain in her protective care….God Bless. Theresa

By: Christine Eaton

Christine Eaton — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:56:29 +0000

Dear Cardinal O’Malley!
I am grateful to Michael Brown of http://www.spiritdaily.com, for putting your blog link at his website! What I saw this morning brought tears of joy to my eyes! I am so grateful to you for sharing the pictures and the ceremonies of you taking possession of your Titular church, St. Mary of the Victory!! Thank you for your blog, which I, who live in Canton, Ohio, will continue to read. I’ve read it daily, since it began recently. I’m sure people from all over the world will do the same, Your Eminence! (and I am not what one would even remotely consider a “blogger!”).

With love and support, fellow Catholic,
Christine Eaton

By: John Lincoln

John Lincoln — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:55:33 +0000

Recent article on Saint Therese on the Catholic Exchange website.

http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=34579

By: Fr. Simon Hall

Fr. Simon Hall — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:53:07 +0000

Your Emminence,
Just a note to say I have followed your pilgrimage to Roma. I would like to thank you for so generously and imaginitively sharing your experiences with us. Although I am a priest in England and therefore have no connections with your see; I have felt close to you and your people in these days. How wonderful it is to be Catholic!! Oremus pro inveceau!

By: glenna

glenna — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:28:12 +0000

Your comment in your homily about Therese being ‘precocious’ as a child reminded me of a letter her mother, Zelie, wrote before she died (when Therese was 4). She mentioned some of Therese’s antics & then said she didn’t know what was to become of this child. Turns out, “this child”, who is my patron, has never not answered any prayer I ever prayed to her. She has really been faithful to her promise to shower roses from heaven…and Zelie is every bit as attentive to joining me in prayer as her daughter! Its true we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses….which we vey much need during this time of persecution of the Church on earth.

By: fabiola

fabiola — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:15:54 +0000

I am touch,very touch. What an inspiration, please continue.
please.

Thank you.

By: Deacon John Szwarc

Deacon John Szwarc — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:54:05 +0000

I really appreciated your blog and the pictures in Rome. I will keep you in my prayers for your continued success in ministry.
Deacon John Szwarc
Archdiocese of Detroit

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:37:52 +0000

Dear Cardinal Se�n,
Hello from Malaysia. I shall be a regular reader of your blog. It is good to get in touch with people on a more personal level through your blog. The readers may not be Roman Catholics. But they are people who wish to know what is going on from another person’s personal views instead of depending on just the mass media which are actually personal interpretations of other people on different situations. It is good to know you.

By: Mil�n

Mil�n — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:31:22 +0000

Se�n, greetings from Peru. You’re posting great and wonderful stories. Thanks a lot. I hope in your future posts talk about diferent spiritualities. See ya!

By: Manuel Dorantes

Manuel Dorantes — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:26:52 +0000

Dear Cardinal O’malley
The Church of Chicago rejoices with you in this most joyous ocassion, we pray here (at Mundelein seminary) for you and for the many lives that you will bring closer to Christ through your ministry to the people of the Archdiocese of Boston. May the Lord give you the strength to continue with the great task with wich you have been entrusted.

Felicidades Se�or Arzobispo!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:01:34 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean. Your blog is wonderful — I’ve never been to Rome but now I feel almost as I have been through this online tour you have kindly given us. This is the most edifying and encouraging blog that I’ve seen to date. I hope you continue it once your time in Rome is over.

By: Maria Teresa Frias

Maria Teresa Frias — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:43:44 +0000

Dear Padre Sean we love you always and we know that you are very much loved by all kinds of people. We give thanks to our blessed Mother and to the Holy Trinity for your dear parents and your dear Capuchin brothers for giving us the Padre Sean that you are for the good of the entire Church. Thank you for your beautiful reflections on the Teresas. They are sharing their joy with all the saints in heaven and with all of us here on earth when we pray everywhere for you and for each other.

By: ann

ann — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:06:10 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean, what a wonderful day of joy for you in Roma – and our Lady of Victory is with you as you lead the Church in Boston – never forget that when times get rough. How chosen you are for the people of God in Boston and the entire Church, the Universal Church. May you experience God’s favor and blessing and a shower of roses from heaven as a consolation of joy and beauty- if not today all through the octave!

Thank you for the fantastic teachings. They are wonderful and real stories the faithful need to hear and to know that the mystical body of Christ is ALIVE now for us. Like our committee in Heaven! Our best, closest friends!

(ps – wish you had done the FOUR teresa’s – - theresa benedicata, edith stein!) you’ll have to get her next time!

God bless you! Ann

By: michael g. b.

michael g. b. — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:00:34 +0000

although my name is “michael”, Saint Therese of Lisieux is my chosen patron saint . . . perhaps chosen by her as equally by me . . . i first heard of Saint Therese back in the parochial school i attended in the 1950′s where the life of Saint Therese weas read to us . . . i was instantly devoted to her . . . later i read her “Story Of A Soul” and it became the main spiritual companion to the Scriptures — her “life” became like the light which enabled me to read the scriptures with an understanding and comprehesion of “the meaning beneath the surface” of the words . . .

i mention Saint Therese to anyone and everyone whenever and wherever i have the opportunity, much like Johnny Appleseed dropped apple seeds all along his ways, with the hopes that some might themselves read Saint Therese’s own words and become devoted to “the Gospel” according to her Little Way having Saint Therese as their pilgrimage companion . . .