St. Thérèse Saint and Astronaut
NEW CANEY, Texas, NOV. 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- St. Thérèse wrote that she wanted to be a missionary on every continent simultaneously and reach the most remote islands -- now her dream has extended to space flight.
The Carmelite community of New Caney, Texas, enjoys the friendship of Colonel Ron Garan, who was on the May 31-June 14 Discovery shuttle mission.
Before heading into space, Garan had called the women religious to request their prayer for the voyage, and he told them he could take some small item into space on behalf of the community.
The sisters reported that the words of St. Thérèse came to mind: "I have the vocation of an apostle. I would like to travel over the whole earth to preach your name and to plant your glorious cross on infidel soil. But oh, my beloved, one mission would not be enough for me, I would want to preach the Gospel on all five continents simultaneously and even to the most remote isles. I would be a missionary, not for a few years but from the beginning of creation until the consummation of the ages."
The Carmelites gave the astronaut a relic of St. Thérèse for his flight.
Now, they report, she has traveled 5,735,643 miles around the earth for 14 days at 17,057 miles an hour. Meanwhile, the sisters commended the world to her intercession.
This is just so cool. The follower of the little way made herself so little that she met the weight allowance for an astronaut to bring along. Hat tip Father Stephanos, O.S.B.
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Then should we expect a meteor shower of roses?
Once again the Psalms are demonstrated:
The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands. Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night sheweth knowledge. There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not heard. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.
[Ps 18:2-5]
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5,735,643 miles in just 14 days! Wow! Pope John Paul II didn't even come close to that in his nearly quarter century pontificate. Oops! that sounds like the makings for a womenpriest argument, sorry.
No doubt John Paul the Great's prayers had much to do with St Therese's mileage, dim bulb. :) If they are volleying in heaven, St Therese will not be outdone in charity--we should be prepared for a "relic" of John Paul to make an even more amazing journey.
Awesome!!
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