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Wondering_Waif
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There’s a movie out about St Teresa, I saw it on netflix, has anyone seen it?
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JamesD
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Yes I’ve seen it. I enjoyed it although I would have enjoyed it more if I had known more about her before hand. I think that the movie was for people who already knew her story and her teaching.
The movie is not very good in terms of acting or production but I did feel it was worth while. I went and got a copy of her autobiography “Story of a Soul” (I think). The book is outstanding and I would recommend reading it before watching the movie if possible.
The movie is not very good in terms of acting or production but I did feel it was worth while. I went and got a copy of her autobiography “Story of a Soul” (I think). The book is outstanding and I would recommend reading it before watching the movie if possible.
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Wondering_Waif
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Actually, I would love to read the book and I thank you for the recommendation, I’ll get the movie, I already know her story, she answered one my prayers in a very direct way once, by sending me an unexpected rose but I would like to see the movie and read the book anyway. Thanks again.
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JamesD
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Wondering Waif:
How cool is that!
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Wondering_Waif
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I had a friend who was truly disinterested in her little boy and she used to ask me to babysit all the time, I did not mind because he was an enjoyable little kid. When this child (parents were divorced btw). As he grew into a man he remained in touch with me and we re-activated a friendship when he moved back to this area.
One day, he called and told me that he had AIDS, I, like a dummy, asked if the “guy he rented from” was going to let him continue renting a room from him. He said that there were no problems there. After awhile, as I visited back and forth with him he told me that he was Gay and that the guy was his partner.
It hurt me terribly to know that I was going to lose him and my Godmother gave me a novena from St Anthony’s Messenger to St Teresa, there was a note that if a prayer was going to be answered that St Teresa would send a rose, or the scent of roses would somehow be in your home, or you would get (in the case of my Godmother) a set of those Right To Life roses in the mail…
anyway, you get the picture.
I started a novena asking St Teresa to just let us keep Jamie for one more Christmas, but he died on the (I think) third day of the novena, so I decided to continue to pray, but to ask that
his partner be found AIDS free, we had a service for Jamie, he also had received the last sacraments of the Catholic Church and he died being cared for by Nuns and Priests at a Catholic hospice.
The following Sunday after I finished the novena another friend visited me to give me a Mass card for Jamie. She also handed me a flower and said “and there’s your rose.” I was really still upset and I just said “thanks” and we visited and then she left.
Suddenly, it dawned on me what had happened, I called my friend and demanded “WHY DID YOU BRING ME ROSE!!??” She replied that she didn’t know, that she was just looking at her rose bush before she left and then she thought it would be nice to bring me one. She was not in the habit of doing this, btw. That gave me such a nice feeling, I can’t describe it without sounding
hokey, and, Jamie’s partner tested negative for the AIDS virus.
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Ana
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My husband was in RCIA and during Lent he started having a very hard time spiritually. It was looking very "iffy’ whether he would see it through and convert. I began a novena with his RCIA instructor. It had been an extremely bitter winter and the ground was covered with snow. On the fourth day of the novena, I was driving to my mothers house. She lives way out on a private road quite removed from everything. I stopped the car for something, and when I looked up, right on the side of the road was a brilliant fuchsia rose. It was sticking out of a mound of snow, isolated, with nothing else around it. It had no roots, was not part of a bush. It was as if someone just stuck it in the snow. It was beautiful and perfectly formed and I knew it was for me. My husband did convert. Thank you St. Therese!!
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jman507
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Its not a very action packed movie or anything like that. But given that you have a connection to St. Teresa and you know her story well, I think you’ll really like the movie because its meaningful.
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qmvsimp
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When I searched for it online, I found one that won’t be released until February. Which one are you (pl.) talking about?
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WanderAimlessly
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The “Story of a Soul” was the reason why I went to see the movie and I agree you would of gotten more out of it if you had read the book before hand.
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Wondering_Waif
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llow the life of St. Therese de Lisleux (Catherine Mouchet), a woman who’s aspired to be a Carmelite nun since childhood. Her faith is so strong that it carries her through every trial that comes her way – from being denied admission to the order (a decision that was later reversed by papal decree) to her fatal battle with tuberculosis.
Starring: Catherine Mouchet, Helene Alexandridis, More
Director: Alain Cavalier
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Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.Format: Widescreen, More
Language: French, English
Subtitles: English
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This is the one I meant.
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qmvsimp
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Wondering Waif:
Thanks for the info. I found it. It is available in VHS only. The DVD release date is the end of February.
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