RARE Antique Catholic Medal Pendant~ St Teresa of the Child Jesus ~Silver Tone

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RARE Antique Catholic Medal Pendant~ St Teresa of the Child Jesus ~Silver Tone:
$13.95

For your consideration we have this antique, very unusual, St Teresa of the Child Jesus, medal. This is a double sided medal with an image of St Teresa on the front and the back reads \" Will Spend My Heaven Doing Good Upon Earth\" below a Crest. It is A 5-sided frame with a thin film of cellulose on either side protecting the delicate medal. There seems to be some very small highlights of enamel or paint in areas -.as seen in photos. I believe the frame us Sterling but I cannot attest to that - the loop on top is not - it is brass.

The medal measures 1/2\" wide x 6/8\" tall and is in very good condition considering it\'s age - which looks to be turn of century or earlier. There is one area on the face side thar is worn through the cellulose - see photos.

Very likely one-of-a-kind item to add to your collection!

St. Theresa of the Child Jesus

(1873-1897)

\"I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.\" These are the words of Theresa of the Child Jesus, a Carmelite nun called the \"Little Flower,\" who lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent of Lisieux, France. [In French-speaking areas, she is known as Thérèse of Lisieux.] And her preference for hidden sacrifice did indeed convert souls. Few saints of God are more popular than this young nun. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, is read and loved throughout the world. Thérèse Martin entered the convent at the age of 15 and died in 1897 at the age of 24.

Life in a Carmelite convent is indeed uneventful and consists mainly of prayer and hard domestic work. But Theresa possessed that holy insight that redeems the time, however dull that time may be. She saw in quiet suffering redemptive suffering, suffering that was indeed her apostolate. Theresa said she came to the Carmel convent \"to save souls and pray for priests.\" And shortly before she died, she wrote: \"I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth.\"

[On October 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed her a Doctor of the Church, the third woman to be so recognized in light of her holiness and the influence of her teaching on spirituality in the Church.]

Her parents, Louis and Zélie, were bgeatified in 2008.

All her life St. Theresa suffered from illness. As a young girl she underwent a three-month malady characterized by violent crises, extended delirium and prolonged fainting spells. Afterwards she was ever frail and yet she worked hard in the laundry and refectory of the convent. Psychologically, she endured prolonged periods of darkness when the light of faith seemed all but extinguished. The last year of her life she slowly wasted away from tuberculosis. And yet shortly before her death on September 30 she murmured, \"I would not suffer less.\"

Truly she was a valiant woman who did not whimper about her illnesses and anxieties. Here was a person who saw the power of love, that divine alchemy which can change everything, including weakness and illness, into service and redemptive power for others. Is it any wonder that she is patroness of the missions? Who else but those who embrace suffering with their love really convert the world?

GOOD LUCK!