Accompany her through the most hidden years of her Carmelite life the election of her sister as prioress ('Mother! ah! how sweet it is for your child to give you this name!') the death of her father ('Papa's death does not seem like a death to me, but like a real life. Therese (from her final vows in September 1890 until her death in September 1897) is a delight for her new and old friends. The second volume of the critical edition of the letters of St. See more about The Letters of Saint Therese of Lisieux, Voume I: 1877-1890or purchase it. If you know Therese only through 'Story of a Soul,' please do not miss this chance to know her in a new way in her letters. Reading through them chronologically yields a valuable experience of Therese's maturing and development over time. The notes document Therese's family and environment. The letters of her correspondents broaden our knowledge of her relationships and her world.

Read what she wrote at 14 on the day of her audience with Pope Leo XIII ('The good Pope is so old, one would say he is dead') and at 17 when she learned that her father would not be present at her reception of the veil: 'Celine, my tears are falling as I write. In Story of a Soul Therese writes 'I find myself at a period in my life when I can cast a glance on the past,' but in her letters we accompany her day by day. Therese's letters, a translation of the critical edition of her correspondence, are an unclaimed treasure. Letters of Saint Therese of Lisieux, Volume I (1877-1890) See more information about Story of a Soul or purchase it.Īt the Web site of the Archives of the Lisieux Carmel, read Therese's authentic manuscripts online. General and biblical index, eight pages of photos. If you know Therese only through some other translation, I urge you to read it.

John Clarke's translation is by far the best English translation on the market, and the only English translation from Therese's authentic manuscript. The introduction, epilogue, photographs, and notes supply a powerful setting for Therese's manuscripts, so that even those totally new to Therese enjoy the book. Translated into more than sixty languages, this classic in which Therese tells the story of her soul has had a miraculous impact on countless other souls. She wrote three manuscripts: in 1895, for her sisters, a memoir of her childhood in 1896, for her sister Marie, a souvenir of her last private retreat and, in June 1897, for her prioress, Mother Marie de Gonzague, a reflection on her religious life. Story of a Soul is often called Therese's autobiography.

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