Above
all it’s the Gospels that occupy my mind when I’m at prayer; my
poor soul has so many needs, and yet this is the one thing needful.
I’m always finding fresh lights there, hidden and enthralling
meanings.
Saint
Thérèse
of Lisieux's
patronage:
Gardens of
Vatican City; Missionaries; France; Russia; radio care-a-thons;
florists and gardeners; loss of parents; the Russicum; Alaska;
foreign missions; pilots; against tuberculosis; AIDS sufferers;
illness; Australia; France; Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska; Diocese of
Fresno, California; Diocese of Juneau, Alaska; Diocese of Pueblo,
Colorado.