Silver theca:2 relics St. THERESE DE LISIEUX, Carmelite

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Silver theca:2 relics St. THERESE DE LISIEUX, Carmelite

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Sold Date: 02/08/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

This is a lovely theca, in massive silver, with two relics of Saint Tse de l'Enfant Jesus. On the frontside is a piece of the clothes wurn by the Saint. The glass is completely clear. When you open the theca you see that the threads are intact and closed with a seal of the Carmelites in Lisieux. Under the seal is a piece of the coffin of the Saint after her first exhumation. The massive silver theca is very nice decorated. Measures : 2 cm x 3 cm (1,30 inches x 1,95 inches). Tse of Lisieux Also known as Teresa of the Infant Jesus; Tse of the Child Jesus; the Little Flower; the Little Flower of Jesus Memorial 1 October Profile Born to a middle-class French family. Her father , Louis, was a watchmaker , her mother , who died of cancer when Tse was 4, was a lace maker , and both have been declared Venerable by the Church. Cured from an illness at age eight when a statue of the Blessed Virgin smiled at her. Carmelite nun at age 15. Defined her path to God and holiness as " The Little Way ," which consisted of love and trust in God. At the direction of her spiritual director, and against her wishes, she dictated her famed autobiography Story of a Soul . Many miracles attributed to her. Declared a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul II .
"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." - Saint Tse of Lisieux Born 2 January 1873 at Alcon, Normandy, France Died 7pm Thursday 30 September 1897 at Lisieux, France of tuberculosis Venerated 14 August 1921 by Pope Benedict XV Beatified 29 April 1923 by Pope Pius XI Canonized 17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI Patronage African missions ; AIDS sufferers ; air crews ; aircraft pilots ; archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska ; Australia ; aviators ; Belgian air crews ; black missions ; bodily ills ; diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming ; diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska ; diocese of Fresno, California ; diocese of Juneau, Alaska ; diocese of Pueblo, Colorado ; florists ; flower growers ; foreign missions ; France ; illness ; diocese of Kisumu, Kenya ; loss of parents ; missionaries ; parish missions ; restoration of religious freedom in Russia ; Russia ; sick people ; sickness ; Spanish air crews ; tuberculosis ; diocese of Witbank, South Africa
Representation roses ; Discalced Carmelite nun holding a bunch of roses ; nun with roses at her feet