What I love about St.

Therese is the full sense of simplicity in terms of her faith in God and the
love towards people. Faith in God because she can really articulate her faith beyond comprehension and
at the same time being able to articulate in a very simple terms and easy to understand. In a sense, faith
must not be understood as highly theological but a faith experience which St. Therese in her short lived,
she felt the faith experience with full of compassion and mercy. The love towards people means, the
sense of mission, although she is cloistered, she was able to identify herself as a missionary in such a
way she lift up her intention, her spirit, her sense of faith towards others, almost a toe to toe of her
desire to become one. Evidently, in her words, “I will spend heaven, doing good on earth” is a mystical
sense but a practical sense too. Practical because it manifest the holiness and the state of mission that
Christ imposed on us in our baptism. As I understand it, it is like an eschatological prerogative and yet
there is a sense of love.

With all these reflection, I look upon myself with a grateful heart, simply because, I am watch
over by St. Therese right now, sending me flowers of love. It is like an invitation to be like her. Last
Monday, I had a car accident, I was supposed to do left turn (with care) and a motorbike swerve and hit
the fronting of my car. The driver of the motorbike fell and stumbled with too much damage on his
body. I was stunned and nervous, though technically I have no fault, but there was a deep felt sorry in
my heart. So I get him to the hospital, and gave him money, took care of him. Instead of showing him an
angry face, I looked him with compassion. I was able to be like Christ in the washing of the feet, but this
time a man who hit my car. Though I cannot say it was an act of oblation to merciful love, later a few
days reflecting on the experience, I placed myself in the heart of Jesus and from that, I recognized the
deep love of Jesus on me as if he pushed me to do the same. It was clear to me the message of St.
Therese, though it sounds simple tone (her religious sisters) but the magnanimous love that she offers
always imprint my soul.

Oh Lord,

Make my heart humble,

Sustain in me the merciful love,

So that I may act of oblation to the merciful love.

Amen.