After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices such as sacristan and assistant to the novice mistress, and having spent her last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith (a time when she is said to have felt Jesus was absent and when she even felt tormented by doubts about the existence of God), Therese died at the age of 24, from tuberculosis.
Therese felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, she became a nun and joined two of her older sisters in the cloistered Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy (yet another sister, Celine, also later joined the order).
Pope Pius X called her “the greatest saint of modern times”. This French nuns short life (ended at age 24) was one of great faith and insight, and she was named patroness of France in 1947. Together with Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. As one of the churchs most beloved saints, Térèse Martin, Carmelite of Lisieux has had an impact on the spiritual lives of thousands of believers. She is popularly known as “The Little Flower of Jesus”, or simply “The Little Flower.” Therese has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life. These high-in-demand essays, compiled together created Story of a Soul a quite unplanned autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin (2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), also known as Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in modern times. This week’s FREE ebook download is the autobiography: The Story of a Soul Therese of Lisieux …Įvery week, we provide a FREE ebook every week to our readers, and especially those on our daily email list.įREE EBOOK is to be on our Daily Email List
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