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SUMMER 2020 Daniel Pritchard the Littleflower Elizabeth Wesel Father Thomas 800.922.7622 800.621.2806 Mary Lambert Mary Lambert Paula Tomsky Patrick Dally DIRECTOR O Continuing the Mission in UNPRECEDENTED TIMES 2 You Are Deeply Rev. Thomas Schrader, O. Carm. Appreciated Director Dear Friend of St. Thérèse, I thank you for your continued director friendship and generosity of spirit with Our beloved heavenly friend, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, lived through epidemics and diseases in her society and her personal life. She lived through the Society of the Little Flower and the times of darkness, fear, disconnection, and panic. Through them, she learned Carmelites. You are deeply appreciated. to trust God in the darkness and silence. She will teach us to trust God Please know that the Carmelites amid the confusing world we are living in – not to feel abandoned but to here and throughout the world are from the from experience the hidden allurement of our loving God whispering, “Trust me.” praying for you and your special intentions each day at Mass and The Little Flower has much to teach overcome her weakness, fragility, and community prayer. us about continuing the mission of our smallness. She learned to rely on and lives in unprecedented times – how to trust God more, even when what was Gratefully in her love, bend but not break! She had to learn happening did not make sense. Like Rev. Thomas Schrader, O. Carm. to rely on resources deep within her to Jesus: “Your will, not mine, be done!” Director 8 A publication for the friends of the Society of the Little Flower SUMMER 2020 IN THIS Father Thomas Schrader, O. Carm. ISSUE DIRECTOR/PUBLISHER Mary Lambert 2 From the director EDITOR/DEVELOPMENT You Are Deeply DIRECTOR Appreciated Father Bernie Bauerle, O. Carm. Father Bob Colaresi, O. Carm. 3 From the editor Mary Lambert Father Gerard Power, ‘The Journey of Our O. Carm. Mission Continues Daniel Pritchard Paula Tomsky CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 4 Seasons of Life Tulips and Daffodils Elizabeth Wesel DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL GIFTS Society of the Little Flower 5 Feature story 1313 N. Frontage Rd. ‘I Will Always Darien, Illinois 60561-5340 Be With You’ 800.621.2806 12 The Canadian Corner www.littleflower.org 5 7 Someone You The Monastery of Mt. Carmel Should Meet From the Director Society of the Little Flower 14 7020 Stanley Ave. Paula Tomsky – Special of Special Gifts Niagara Falls, Ontario Gifts Administrative All Part of a Special, L2G 7B7 Assistant Prayerful Community 800.922.7622 ca.littleflower.org FAITH CATHOLIC 8 Cover Story 15 From the Special Patrick Dally Continuing the Mission Gifts Office GRAPHIC DESIGNER in Unprecedented Times A Child’s Leap of Faith Between Friends / Summer 2020 / www.littleflower.org 3 Mary Thérèse Lambert Editor of Between Friends been closed for months. Our regular weekday Masses have stopped, as have our retreats. Hundreds visited us every day. Suddenly, our world was eerily quiet. Yet our mission has endured, as important as ever. The core of St. Thérèse’s “Little Way” was that of trust in God’s goodness. No matter life’s circumstances, and, indeed, sometimes in spite of life’s circumstances, we are called to trust in the Lord. the from Thérèse was quite clear: reach out to Him, let Him hold your hand in moments of fear, He will hold tight. We have been touched by the calls we have received from our friends. Perhaps editor you were one of those who picked up the phone just to ask for a prayer and a word of reassurance. Daily, we have been reminded of how important St. Thérèse is to those who love her. Be assured that the GETTY IMAGES/KASTO80 Carmelites hold your intentions close to their hearts, remembering them at community prayer and Mass each day. The Journey of Our Mission The road we have walked since March has been bumpy, with twists and turns seemingly every step of the way. But CONTINUES nonetheless, we have walked, perhaps with a glance back from time to time, HIS ISSUE OF BETWEEN FRIENDS invites you to but always holding on to our faith. We have been touched by your friendship. You have been T explore the journey we continue to share with St. faithful, in spite of it all. Thérèse. Truly, in spite of the circumstances that have In closing, I humbly invite you to continue your support as recently gripped our world, our mission does continue. your means allow. We rely on the sacrifices you make, and we But in a dramatically different way than we would have will be forever grateful for those sacrifices. However you can help would make a world of difference for us. May God bless anticipated six months ago. you always! So much has happened in our world since then. Change has been forced upon us, and, for many, change can be difficult. I love to hear from you! Please send any suggestions As you cope with the changes in your own life, we at the or comments to: Mary T. Lambert, Society of the Little Society of the Little Flower have also grappled with changes. Flower, 1313 N. Frontage Ro., Darien, Illinois 60561-5340 Our Shrine, Meditation Garden and Spiritual Center have 4 reclaim the day. Most of us, like me, don’t deal well with setbacks that postpone or of Life Tulips and Daffodils destroy our hopes or plans! OK God, we know you are UR LITTLE FLOWER was fascinated by how the seasons of unpredictable, but this is ridiculous! Everything on the Darien campus was nature reflect the seasons of God’s love affair with us. In the Seasons closed. What am I going to do every second half of my life, I’ve come to appreciate this. Nature day? This was a strange new season. OK, Ois God’s first self-revelation. But this past spring, which is usually a Jesus was in the tomb a few days, but time of renewed life and hope, blossoming flowers and possibilities, this new season of isolation turned into weeks and months. Jesus did not seem to and the wonder of being embraced by the sun, especially here in the appear breathing “Shalom” through the Upper Midwest, was confusing. locked doors of our fear! The stall in the blooming process was frightening. We had a mild but long winter. In Then there was a calm, as if we were The stall forced me to slow down. March, some warm days arrived: bulbs returning to normal. The tulips and Even as back spasms returned and started to peak out of the ground, daffodils recouped. More growth was forced me to cancel two pilgrimages I flowering trees started to bud, and slowly happening. was to lead later in the year, it provided the grass actually turned green. Such Then, out of nowhere, this surprising time to rest and recuperate. I had been hopeful signs! and mysterious spring tornado of the hoping that the painful experiences of But suddenly thunderstorms and COIVD-19 pandemic blew in. Everything the last few years would disappear and gusting winds blew in, causing stopped and changed within a few days. heal. The reflective stall awakened me damage and returning cold. Tulips and We were isolated and social distancing that they should be revisited, so I learn daffodils were shivering in disbelief. was the norm. Our economy collapsed to forgive more. Then it felt like late fall, Our magnolia trees had started to and we were cloistered. In disbelief, we when the leaves were dying and falling, blossom (always a beautiful sight) – and had to restructure our lives. So many because I lost my creativity and passion suddenly their petals were blown away, unemployed. Nowhere to go! Many to get things done. It felt like dying! It is barren before full blossom. Doesn’t God deaths were happening, including people interesting what nature reveals. surprise us at comfortable times in our we knew. Everyone seemed contagious Gratefully, our small Carmelite lives? Mother Nature does the same. We – and we were afraid. The cold winter of community was able to go to the were living in hope. discontent and isolation had returned to National Shrine of St. Thérèse to Between Friends / Summer 2020 / www.littleflower.org 5 celebrate Eucharist each day. But it felt so different: the nine of us spread out in the large chapel. We more intensely prayed for our friends and benefactors – their absence made them more present in our prayer. They helped us from collapsing in self-pity amid our isolation. We knew we belonged to something bigger: the Church, the Society of the Little Flower, the Carmelites – to God. We experienced the constancy of God’s love and presence, and that “it isn’t about me.” Jesus is about us connecting with everyone and the whole creation. Eucharist celebrates this inclusive, expansive reality. Jesus’ mandate of “love one another” is expressed in our social Father Bernie Bauerle, O. Carm., Director distancing for the common good. It was appalling when some people were demanding to have everything opened ‘I Will Always Be With You’ up, without necessary precautions, N ALL HIS ACTIVITIES, Jesus reveals to us the Love of God. The greatest because they felt inconvenienced or their I example of this love comes to us in the reception of the Body and Blood of personal freedom limited. Sometimes, Christ. Here we are reminded of the Lord’s promise: “I will always be with you.” people think religion is about Jesus and feature me – so individually focused. This stalls As we have been facing the coronavirus pandemic, we have a powerful the full blooming process. example in St. Thérèse who herself struggled with tuberculosis and eventually As you read this, spring has died because of it.
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