Status
Checked out
Due 1/13/2022
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Publication
New York : Doubleday, 1998.
Physical description
ix, 284 p.; 20 cm
User reviews
LibraryThing member stanlicious
As sentimental as the spirituality of the late 19th century, so too is this book. However, this book reveals a deeper truth about the young Carmelite would become a saint. Therese is a woman in love with God. Don't let the simplicity of the story blind you to the deeper truth of this book.
LibraryThing member laudemgloriae
I never liked Saint Therese, until I read this book. Any notion that I had that her spirituality was wishywashy was totally smashed. A study of her correspondence with a struggling seminarian, it really is a crash course in the Little Way. She was dying, and she knew she had to get him to
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understand the love of Jesus, to trust Him, and she does so really well. Show Less
LibraryThing member mehjg
I got this book after the bishop who wrote it preached a great homily at the seminary where I was teaching. It is a good read, particularly for devotees of Therese of Lisieux and for seminarians.
Original language
French
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