She experienced much suffering and illness while she was there. She began to practice her “Little Way” (doing small things with great love), and sought to show kindness even (and especially) to the sisters who were mean to her.
As she was going to die, her superior requested that she write down her Little Way and her life, which she did. While her diary was initially used as inspiration and meditation within the order, it was eventually published outside, and this is how she came to be known.
Shortly before she died, she said,”My mission, to make God loved, will begin after my death. I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.” For this reason, she is often considered one of the saints whose intercession is sought for desperate or hopeless cases.
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