To see if the type and size of the font used in this book are easy to read and are acceptable to you, we encourage that you download and print out a sample page. Canon Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, 2nd November 1925. This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1952 edition originally published by Burns Oates Washbourne under the imprimatur of Edm.
This spiritual classic will speak gently to your heart.
The final chapter, written for her eldest sister Marie, is simply a childlike outpouring of her heart to Jesus Himself. Thérèse is extremely simple and spontaneous, having a charm that is hard to describe, especially when she rises to poetic heights. Men and women open the book, often quite casually, and are caught by the vivid clarity or simple profundity of some sentence in such a way that their lives are completely changed. The Story of a Soul possesses in some degree a characteristic common both to the Gospels and The Imitation of Christ. Thérèse's teaching to the faithful for their imitation-Pius XI declared her the greatest saint of our age and John Paul II made her a Doctor of the Church. Almost every pope since its publication has proposed St. Today it ranks amongst the greatest Christian spiritual classics and it has been translated into practically every well-known language. Thérèse of Lisieux, was first published in 1899. That is a secret that needs to be spread throughout our world.The Story of a Soul, better known to the English public as T he Autobiography of St. In her short twenty-four years on this earth, she learned the simple secret of life … to LOVE. Therese you will fall in love with her, and if you do know her, you will fall in love with her all over again. This little way has been such a spiritual aid for simple souls that Blessed (now Saint) John Paul II named her a Doctor of the Church. Saint Therese was known for her little way which meant that throughout her day, she offered everything she did, no matter how big or small, to Jesus. I accepted the Pope's invitation and reread the story of this 'little flower' as she is fondly known by those who pray to her. He invited us to rediscover this great treasure of the Church through the reading of her autobiography, Story of a Soul. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. On April 6, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI focused the general audience on a saint he says is one of the "best known and loved": the 19th century Carmelite, Saint Therese of Lisieux. The Story of a Soul (LHistoire dune Âme): The Autobiography of St.
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