Hans Urs von Balthasar This volume is unique among the works of the great theologian and spiritual writer von Balthasar for it is a collection of short, personal and very readable reflections and aphorisms that are the fruit of his prayer and study over the course of his life on the central themes of the Christian spiritual life. Balthasar's style-intimate, lucid, precise and yet poetic, along …
My Sister Saint Therese Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face (Celine Martin) A little classic that is like a sequel to Story of a Soul! It contains hundreds of brief conversations and anecdotes of St. Therese, plus her teachings, hidden virtues, amusing remarks and beautiful death - recorded by her sister Celine in the convent. Shows the "Little Way" in practice in daily life. A wonderful …
Here are 33 chapters about some of the greatest minds and greatest Saints the Catholic Church has ever produced. Written in a down-to-earth style, The 33 Doctors of the Church is a book that will be loved and appreciated by everyone. This monumental study could easily become 33 small books. But here it is in one compelling volume! This book was undertaken by the author, a Capuchin Franciscan …
Thoughts of Saint Therese Brief quotations from The Story of a Soul,Counsels and Reminiscences, and her letters, arranged under 20 different topics. Shows her greatness of soul and that she was no Saint by accident. Beautiful and suprising.
Patricia O'Connor Though she lived only 24 years, the Little Flower has become one of the best-loved saints of modern times. This scholarly yet readable biography has rapidly taken its place as one of the standard works on her life.
Edited by Brother Francis Mary, F.F.I. Among the many books about St. Thérèse, this one is unique because it offers a compendium of insights from 23 writers who have contributed chapters on all aspects of the life and spirituality of this new Doctor of the Church. With emphasis on her unique focus on simplicity and "the little way", the 32 chapters in this book by a variety of authors like Fr. …
Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P. Learn from the greatest Catholic minds of modern times. If you could invite eight great minds from the recent past to dinner, who would they be? Wouldn't it be wonderful to spend just a few hours with some of the great Catholic thinkers of the modern age? Dorothy Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, St. Therese of Lisieux, Edith Stein - these are the giants of our time. And …
Pope St. Pius X called St. Therese the Little Flower "the greatest Saint of modern times"; Pope Pius XI declared her co-patroness of the Missions throughout the entire world with St. Francis Xavier; and Pope Pius XII declared at just 24, having been a Carmelite nun only 9 years. What was the secret of her greatness? Giants in any sphere of human endeavor stand on the shoulders of …
John Udris “Saint Thérèse of Lisieux presents a beautiful profile of biblical boldness—parrhesia. She puts flesh and blood on this unfamiliar concept, giving it life and form for contemporary Christians. It’s not simply the contours of her spirituality that illustrate the rich content of this New Testament term: she actually seems to embody, in a singular way, …
A window into the thought and the heart of St. Therese. As Saint Therese lay dying in the Carmel of Lisieux, she overheard a conversation that amused her. Outside her window, two nuns were discussing what they could write in her obituary that could possibly be of any interest, since the twenty-four-year-old nun had never done anything worth noting. Therese was pleased, for she had always kept …
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