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Feast of St. Therese the Little Flower

St. Therese, the Little Flower, please pick me a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love. Ask God to grant me the favor I implore and tell Him I will love Him each day more and more.  Amen

"St. Therese loved nature, and often used the imagery of nature to explain how the Divine Presence is everywhere, and how everything is connected in God's loving care and arms. Therese saw herself as "the Little Flower of Jesus" because she was just like the simple wild flowers in forests and fields, unnoticed by the greater population, yet growing and giving glory to God. Therese did not see herself as a brilliant rose or an elegant lily, by simply as a small wildflower. This is how she understood herself before the Lord - simple and hidden, but blooming where God had planted her. " - Text taken from the Society of the Little Flower

The girls colored the Little Flower print out while I read them a short story of St. Therese from our Picture Book of Saints. Miss A. requested to look at picture so that she should could use the correct crayon colors for St. Therese's habit.


For a feast day treat, we made apple roses. They turned out lovely!! My only critique is that the dough could have baked longer, but just look at those petals, gorgeous!


By slicing the apples thin and soaking them in water and lemon juice, they became pliable.  I spread jam on a strip of pie dough and then layered the apple slices. The little bit of jam kept the apples from slipping out. I folded over the bottom strip of dough half way over the apples. Then I rolled the pastry and put each rose in the cupcake tin. Cooked in oven at 350 for 40 minutes. 




A sprinkling of powdered sugar on the tops of the roses gave them a nice finishing touch.

We enjoyed the apple roses with a scoop of french vanilla ice cream (in honor of the little French saint).
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens, I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth. - St. Therese of Lisieux

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  1. souschefOctober 23, 2018 at 4:00 PM

    Love this...Lucy. maybe Phyllo dough next time? The roses look so real. Great work. God bless...

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