She was later installed as the thirty-third Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997.As part of my devotional time I recently read “The Story of a Soul,” the autobiography of St. She died of tuberculosis on September 30, 1897, at the age of 24 and was canonized only 28 years later, in 1925, by Pope Pius XI. She lived humbly, concealing her intense prayer life and countless sacrifices Therese is the author of her own popular autobiography entitled The Story of a Soul, which she began writing in 1895, and she instituted a simple path to holiness now widely known as the Little Way. After her oldest sister was elected prioress, Therese became a permanent novice to allay suspicions that her family was dominating the small community. After she converted interiorly and began to read Thomas a Kempis The Imitation of Christ, she joined 2 of her sisters in a discalced Carmelite convent as a nun at just 15 years old.
She was often anxious and depressed in childhood, as she suffered the early death of her mother. Therese of Lisieux, also known as Therese of the Child Jesus and The Little Flower, was the last of nine children born to Louis and Zelie Martin, at France in 1873. This is the original TAN edition now with updated typesetting, fresh new cover, new size and quality binding, and the same trusted content.
Therese of Liseux the greatest Saint of modern times. This book belongs in every Catholic home, for Pope St Pius X stated St. Therese shows us how her Little Way of love and trust comes straight from Sacred Scripture. This method was approved by Pope Pius XI as a way for all to grow in holiness through unfailing confidence and childlike delight in Gods merciful love.
Book Synopsis The Story of a Soul conveys St Therese of Liseuxs Little Way of spiritual childhood - her elevator to Heaven, as she called it. About the Book Originally published: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, 1951.
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