Though she lived a quiet, hidden life in her province of France and never left the convent which she entered at age 15, St. Thérèse has become one of the most well-known saints in the Catholic Church. Dying at the age of 24, her autobiography Story of a Soul became a bestseller and her miraculous intercessions have been documented around the world.
Popularly known as "the Little Flower," St. Thérèse of Lisieux, or Thérèse of the Child Jesus, taught us that small acts done with great love are what's needed to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Seeing the world as a child (being childlike, not childish) is exalted by Christ himself, for then we live dependent on God the Father as the center of our lives and can be joyfully detached in this life as we prepare for the next.
"You alone, O Jesus, could satisfy a soul that needed to love even to the infinite."
Bishop Barron on St. Thérèse
Watch this lesson from Bishop Barron addressing the importance of St. Thérèse and her "Little Way" of living as a disciple of Christ: