“I know! I will give Jesus a white moonflower. Thérèse thought about all her favorite flowers. Then she had an idea! “Instead of being afraid, I will give Jesus a flower,” she thought. Thérèse was afraid of the dark, and being alone in it was even worse. She thought about tiptoeing downstairs to Papa, but he said she must stay in bed and go to sleep.
That night, after she was tucked into bed and kissed goodnight, Thérèse was left alone in the dark. If she made many sacrifices for Jesus, she could give him a spiritual bouquet of flowers on her special day.
Her First Holy Communion day was coming up. Instead of what she wanted, she could imagine her sacrifice was like a flower for Jesus. Suddenly, Thérèse knew how to turn her noes into yeses! Every time she did what Jesus wanted her to do “Thank you so much, Papa!” Thérèse exclaimed. “Here is a flower for you, my little Queen!” he said. One day, Thérèse’s father gave her a little white flower. She knew that most of the time, Jesus would want her to show her love for them by saying “yes” instead of “no.”īut saying “no” was easy, and saying “yes” was very hard! How could she change those pesky noes into yeses? “Nothing can make Thérèse give in,” her mother used to exclaim.īut Thérèse loved her mother and father and three older sisters. And sometimes, when Thérèse didn’t get her way, she would throw a big fit, rolling all over the floor in tears and anger. Sometimes, Thérèse said angry words to her big sisters. Sometimes, Thérèse did not do what her father and mother asked her to do. This was the way it was for Thérèse, too. But sometimes, even girls and boys who love Jesus very much have a hard time loving others, like their mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a young girl named Thérèse Martin who loved Jesus very much.
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