The Miracles of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Before dying, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux declared: "After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses." This "shower of roses" refers to the multitude of miracles occurring through her intercession after her death.

She herself had been miraculously healed as a child. At age nine, she fell gravely ill. Her condition worsened rapidly. Her whole family fervently prayed to Our Lady of Victories. On May 13, 1883, little Thérèse rose from bed to pray with her sisters before a statue of the Virgin Mary. Suddenly, the child saw the Virgin smile at her and was instantly healed. From then on, Saint Thérèse was full of love for the Mother of God. Her holy life led to her canonization by Pope Pius XI on May 17, 1925.

This miracle opened Saint Thérèse’s beatification process. On May 26, 1908, 4-year-old Reine Fauquet visited Thérèse Martin’s tomb with her family. The child had been blind from birth, declared incurable by doctors. After her pilgrimage, the girl regained sight. In a letter to the Carmelites, Reine’s sister Marie explained the child fell asleep peacefully after staring into space despite severe pain. Later, the girl told her sister, mother, and Carmelite nuns she saw Saint Thérèse by her bed—dressed as a Carmelite, holding her hand and smiling.

On July 6 that year, her doctor certified her complete healing.

This miracle led Edith Piaf to visit Thérèse’s tomb in 1922. The singer was losing her sight with no medical cure. After her pilgrimage, she too regained sight, maintaining deep devotion to Saint Thérèse lifelong.

Miracle Healing a Young Seminarian

In 1906, Charles-Anne, a seminarian from Lisieux, contracted pulmonary tuberculosis with little hope of recovery. He fervently prayed to the little saint with two novenas. His health recovered almost immediately. An X-ray showed the tuberculosis had vanished. This miracle enabled Thérèse of Lisieux’s beatification on April 29, 1923.

Miracle Healing Sister Louise de Saint-Germain

Sister Louise de Saint-Germain was a novice at the Daughters of the Cross Convent in Ustaritz (Basses-Pyrénées). She was chronically ill with violent vomiting. Medical tests revealed a stomach ulcer. Louise spent months bedridden. Her condition improved slightly but pain returned after discharge. Her state deteriorated rapidly. Nuns administered last rites as she couldn’t swallow food or water. The whole community turned to little Thérèse in prayer. Sister Louise joined them in a final effort.

Louise recounted:
"I felt her hand gently rest on my head as if to reassure me. For three days, an unexplained fragrance filled my room."
Still unhealed, she suffered terribly, asking not for cure but comfort and help. One September night, the little saint appeared, saying:
"Be brave—soon you will heal, I promise."
The next day, nuns found rose petals around her bed. Days later, the novice awoke completely healed and pain-free.

Miracle Healing Sister Gabrielle Trimusi

This was the first miracle opening Saint Thérèse’s canonization process, two years after her beatification. Canonization requires two additional authenticated miracles beyond those for beatification.

Gabrielle Trimusi, an Italian nun in the Poor Daughters of the Sacred Hearts, joined at 23. She suffered severe knee pain but worked through it. Her knee became badly infected, causing agony. She lost weight and weakened dangerously. She endured three years of pain and infection until the disease spread to her spine. Desperate, she prayed to Saint Thérèse, completing a novena in her name. On the last day, she struggled to chapel to pray. Inside, Sister Gabrielle realized she could kneel painlessly—all suffering had vanished. She was healed.

Miracle Healing Maria Pellemans

This second miracle opened Saint Thérèse’s path to canonization. In 1919, Belgian Maria Pellemans visited Saint Thérèse’s tomb, suffering intestinal tuberculosis. A prior pilgrimage to Lourdes had failed to heal her.

This time, at Lisieux, her healing was instant. She testified at the Carmel:
"At the Carmel parlor, I desired healing to fulfill my dream of becoming a Carmelite. Despite exhaustion, I returned to the tomb. Instantly, a sweet supernatural feeling flooded me—celestial well-being permeated my soul and body. I felt transported, immersed in an ocean of peace. Overwhelmed, I thought: ‘I am surely healed!’"

Her doctor, speechless at her recovery, declared it a miracle, noting intestines and stomach rarely heal completely.

Miracle of Gallipoli

This miracle involved miraculous financial aid, not healing.

Mother Maria Carmela of the Heart of Jesus, prioress of a Carmel in Puglia (southern Italy), grew ill from worry over unpaid debts due to insufficient income. One night, Saint Thérèse appeared in a dream:
"See—the Lord uses Heaven’s inhabitants as well as Earth’s. Here are 500 lire to pay your community’s debt."
Upon waking, nuns wanted to call a doctor, but Mother Maria explained her dream. They insisted she check her safe. Reluctantly, she did—finding a miraculous 500-lira note inside. She documented this in a letter to Mother Agnes, prioress of Lisieux Carmel. Gallipoli became a pilgrimage site.

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