Saint Therese Granite 24" Statue

Saint Therese in a faux granite color garden statue. Saint Therese of Lisieux Therese Martin was born in France. She became ill at the age of eight when a statue of the Blessed Virgin smiled at her. At the age of fifteen, she entered the Carmelite convent in Lisieux, France. She lived a private life of prayer and had a great intimacy with God. Therese believed that what matters most was not great deeds, but great love . She died young of tuberculosis at only twenty-four years old. Many lives have been touched by her prayers. Prior to her death she promised to spend her time in heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses and has been called the greatest saint of modern times. Her roses continue to fall everywhere in the world to those who pray for to her. Patron saint of Illnesses, missions as well as missionaries, AIDS, pilots, Australia, florists and flower growers, loss of parents, tuberculosis. Plugged at base to allow for easy filling of gravel, stone or rock to provide extra weight. Comes with filling instructions of this hollow cast statue and how to care for your statuary.