The Story Of A Soul

Description for THE STORY OF A SOUL: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX edited by Mother Agnes Of Jesus and translated by Michael Day, CONG.ORAT.: The success of this book is one of the most amazing stories in publishing history, for St. Therese died at only age 24, after a 9-year hidden life as a cloistered Carmelite nun. Translated into many languages, THE STORY OF A SOUL quickly had a phenomenal reception, and millions of copies were distributed worldwide. Written under obedience, the book conveys her secrets of great holiness achieved in ordinary life, teaching the "Little Way of Spiritual Childhood"---her "elevator" to Heaven, as she called it. This method has since been approved and promulgated by Pope Pius XI as a way of holiness for all. Again and Again in this book, St. Therese shows us how her "Little Way of love and confidence" comes straight from Sacred Scripture. No Catholic should be ignorant of the mighty "little" Therese, of her Little Way, or o