Eventually, Therese's other sisters entered the religious life, one at the Carmel of Lisieux and the other became a Poor Clare at the Visitation Convent at Caen. It was there that she wrote L'Histoire d'une Ame (The Story of a Soul) through obedience. Therese entered the Carmel on April 9, 1888, after much oppostion to her entering at the age of 15. Therese at that time also heard the Divine Call to religious life. It was there that Therese's sister, Pauline, entered the Carmel at Lisieux on October 2, 1882. Louis Martin moved his family to Lisieux to be closer to his late wife's brother and his family. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of the nine Martin children.
Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. It will make the kindness of God better known.Download cover art Download CD case insert The Story of a Soul As Therese herself said of this book just prior to her death, "What I have written will do a lot of good. In the words of Pope Pius XI, Saint Therese "attained the knowledge of supernatural things in such abundant measure that she was able to point out the sure way of salvation to others," and it is especially in The Story of a Soul that she has pointed out this sure way to the generations that have followed her. Yet is not a conventional work of religious devotion instead, it is in many ways a supernatural book. Its appeal across cultures and generations has been extensive, moving both peasants and popes, men and women, young and old-people of every kind of intelligence and education succumb to its spell.
The reason for the continued success of her autobiography is, quite simply, that it is unlike any work of devotion and spiritual insight ever written.
A hundred years after her death in 1897, millions of copies have spread throughout the world and it has been translated into more than fifty languages. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, has been a source of priceless inspiration ever since it was written, and has become the great spiritual bestseller of our time. Though she was only twenty-four years old when she died, her writings have had tremendous impact, making her one of the most popular spiritual writers in the twentieth century. Few spiritual figures have touched as many readers in the past century as Saint Therese of Lisieux, the saint popularly known as the Little Flower.
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