(Respect Life Radio) — [Jim Valois] shares the inspiring story of Charlene Marie Richard, a young Cajun Catholic farm girl who died over 60 years ago at the age of 12 after a painful battle with leukemia. Charlene was known for her bright, generous and exuberant spirit. Even in her suffering, she served God by offering up her pain to help others—a practice known as redemptive suffering. Many believe she is a saint, with over 1,600 testimonials of miracles attributed to her intercession. Jim highlights how saints and holy people have historically offered their suffering to God for the redemption of others. He adds, “We may not always feel like we can offer up every single time we experience a suffering, but even if we could do it some of the time….direct it and offer it and give it to God and let him do what He can do with it.”
See also, Charlene Richard, ‘the Little Cajun Saint’ on this site.
And here is an interview that “Joe and Joe” did with the same Jim Valois mentioned above:
