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Welcome sprouts today. Welcome, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, October 19th, and the 29th week of ordinary time.

It's also, Scott, the memorial of St. Isaac, Jogues, and St. Jean-Dé-Brebebuff. And their companions, missionaries of the Jesuit order who went out and were martyred for their faith. Hello, companions. But we're

not going to talk about them today. You know what we're going to talk about, Scott? I'm thinking maybe

St. Teresa of Lusufu. St. Teresa of Lusseu. Yes, Sprout, Scott and Jeff are here again from Catholic

Concepts and all of your favorite brands. And we want to talk more today. Keep going on our

girl, St. Teresa Lassu. The Little Flower. The Little Flower. We talked about the Little Flower last

time. And today we want to talk about just the joy that people found in St.

Torres. I'm excited about this one because St. Tres honestly was just like a really fun kid.

I mean, she entered the order at a young age. And as a young person, she was also just exuding

joy. I really resonate with this because I have really fun kids,

and I'm guessing you listeners are really fun kids, too, because you're just like these saints.

There's nothing different. You can be a saint, too. And St. Cherez of Lesotho, you can look up

pictures on the internet, look all over. She just always had this bright, smiling, joyful face.

She radiated joy.

And once, after meeting Pope Leo the 23rd, she wrote to her sister and she said,

The good Pope is so old.

One would think that he is dead.

I mean, what a sprout herself, right?

Like, you can't be a flower if you don't start out as a sprout.

That's right.

And I think, Teres with her just her cheeky smile and that joyous sign, she was just a kid.

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