The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of ...

1 The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Th r se of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Th r seTh r se Martin of LisieuxTHIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE SERVANT OF GOD, SOEUR TH R SE, IN THANKSGIVING FOR GRACES OBTAINED, AND TO HER "PETITE M RE," MOTHER AGNES OF JESUS, IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF INNUMERABLE KINDNESSES EXTENDING OVER MANY YEARS_____PREFACEAs we become acquainted with the histories of those in whom, in long succession, God has been pleased to show forth examples of holiness of life, it seems as if every phase of human existence had in the history of the Church received its consecration as a power to bring men nearer to their Maker. But there is no limit to the types of sanctity which the Creator is pleased to unfold before His Creatures. To many, on reading for the first time the Story of Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus and of the holy Face, it came almost as a shock to find a very youthful member of an austere Order, strictly retired from the world, engaged in hidden prayer and mortification, appearing before us to reveal to the whole world the wonders of the close intimacy of friendship to which her Divine Spouse had been pleased to call her.

Bordeaux on the occasion of his baptism, and events have proved the truth of his words. From this town, by the banks of the Garonne, his parents went ... Superioress—guided by the Holy Ghost—decided unhesitatingly that Zélie's vocation was not for the religious life. God wanted her in the world, and so . 4

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