ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux (Author of Story of a Soul)

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ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux

Born

in AlenÃ§on, France

January 02, 1873

Died

September 30, 1897

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Poetry, Religion & Spirituality

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Saint ThÃ©rÃ¨se de Lisieux or Saint ThÃ©rÃ¨se of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-FranÃ§oise-ThÃ©rÃ¨se Martin, was a French Carmelite nun. She is also known as "The Little Flower of Jesus". She was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church May 17, 1925.

She felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, became a nun and joined two of her older sisters in the enclosed Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices, such as sacristan and novice mistress, and having spent the last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith, she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. The impact of her posthumous publications, incl Saint ThÃ©rÃ¨se de Lisieux or Saint ThÃ©rÃ¨se of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-FranÃ§oise-ThÃ©rÃ¨se Martin, was a French Carmelite nun. She is also known as "The Little Flower of Jesus". She was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church May 17, 1925.

She felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, became a nun and joined two of her older sisters in the enclosed Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices, such as sacristan and novice mistress, and having spent the last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith, she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. The impact of her posthumous publications, including her memoir The Story of a Soul was great, and she rapidly became one of the most popular saints of the twentieth century. Pope Pius XI made her the star of his pontificate. She was beatified in 1923, and canonized in 1925. The speed of this process may be seen by comparison with that applied to a great heroine of ThÃ©rÃ¨se, Joan of Arc, who died in 1431 but was not canonized until 1920. ThÃ©rÃ¨se was declared co-patron of the missions with Francis Xavier in 1927, and named co-patron of France with Joan of Arc in 1944. On 19 October 1997 Pope John Paul II declared her the thirty-third Doctor of the Church, the youngest of all Doctors of the Church, and only the third woman Doctor. Devotion to ThÃ©rÃ¨se has developed around the world.

ThÃ©rÃ¨se lived a hidden life and 'wanted to be unknown' yet through her writingsâ€”as well as her spiritual autobiography she left letters, poems, religious plays, prayers and various notes, and her last conversations were recorded by her sistersâ€”and thanks to the photographs taken inside the Lisieux Carmel by her sister CÃ©line, she became known to, and later seen by, millions of men and women. According to one of her biographers, Guy Gaucher, after her death, "ThÃ©rÃ¨se fell victim to an excess of sentimental devotion which betrayed her. She was victim also to her language, which was that of the late nineteenth century and flowed from the religiosity of her age." ThÃ©rÃ¨sÃ¨ herself said on her death-bed : "I only love simplicity. I have a horror of pretence", and she spoke out against some of the Lives of saints written in her day :" We should not say improbable things, or things we do not know. We must see their real, and not their imagined lives." The critic Marina Warner observed that the excesses sometimes associated with her cult should not blind one to the heroism of her, "struggle to be good, and the radical affirmation of ordinary lives that her sainthood stands for."

The depth of her spirituality, of which she said "my way is all confidence and love," has inspired many believers. In the face of her littleness and nothingness, she trusted in God to be her sanctity. She wanted to go to Heaven by an entirely new little way. "I wanted to find an elevator that would raise me to Jesus." The elevator, she wrote, would be the arms of Jesus lifting her in all her littleness.

The Basilica of Lisieux is the second greatest place of pilgrimage in France after Lourdes. ...more

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	Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux 4.43 avg rating — 19,553 ratings — published 1898 — 492 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Way for Every Day: Thoughts from ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux by ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, Francis Broome (Translator) 4.57 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	St. Therese of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations by ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, John Clarke (Translator) 4.61 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simply Surrender: 30 Days with ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux 4.33 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetry of Saint Therese of Lisieux by ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, Donald Kinney (Translator) 4.37 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1873 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Letters of St. ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, Vol. 1 by ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, John Clarke (Translator) 4.62 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Therese of Lisieux by ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, Robert J. Edmonson (Translator) 4.74 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1948 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of St. Therese of Lisieux, Vol. II by ThÃ©rÃ¨se of Lisieux, John Clarke (Translator) 4.53 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire d'une Ã¢me Ã©crite par elle-mÃªme - L131 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

“May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us." ...”
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“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily
do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm.
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
― St. Therese of Lisieux

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“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.”
― St. Therese of Lisieux

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