Her autobiography was published and quickly became a spiritual classic. Stories circulated of the appearance of roses, along with miraculous healings and answers to prayers. She was canonized in 1925, and in 1927 was made patroness of foreign missionaries. She has so much to teach us who are yet on the journey. A cup of cold water given in Christ's name is a blessing and a few copper coins are of inestimable value in Christ's eyes.
Love transforms the most ordinary work into a miracle of grace.
She desired to be a martyr, but knew this would not happen. So she tells us that she turned to St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians . There she learned that there are many gifts, but all should strive for the greatest spiritual gifts. And then she read chapter thirteen. There Paul insists that one's gifts are nothing without love.