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Saint Therese of Lisieux is known as a saint, mystic, Doctor of the Church and is one of the most venerated saints of the Church. Her simple, yet remarkably profound Little Way is a wonderful devotion for all Christians. Now, take the wisdom and holiness of Saint Therese wherever you go. In 30 Days with Saint Therese of Lisieux, Thomas J. Craughwell packs the wisdom of Saint Therese and the scriptures into a 30-day devotional. Supplemented by meditations and prayers for each day, 30 Days with Saint Therese of Lisieux is the perfect way to begin following her Little Way.

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	04 avril 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618900685
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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30 Days with
Saint Thérèse

© 2012 Thomas Craughwell
All rights reserved. With the exception of short excerpts used in articles and critical reviews, no part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form whatsoever, printed or electronic, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

All quotes from Story of a Soul taken from the TAN Books edition, translated by Michael Day. Copyright 2010 by TAN Books, an Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC.

ISBN: 978-1-61890-069-2

Cover design by Caroline Kiser.

Printed and bound in the United States of America.

Contents
Biography of St. Thérèse
Day 1: The Little Way
Day 2: The Beloved’s Garden
Day 3: God Knows Your Weakness
Day 4: The Power of Prayer
Day 5: A Pure Soul
Day 6: Trust the Little Way
Day 7: The Love of Sinners
Day 8: Cultivate Your Soul
Day 9: Humbly Submit to Christ
Day 10: A Spiritual Bouquet
Day 11: A Tabernacle for Jesus
Day 12: The Mission of the Angels
Day 13: The Way of Love
Day 14: The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Day 15: Harken to the Voice of God
Day 16: Different Gifts
Day 17: Christ Loves the Weak
Day 18: You Shall Be Lifted Up
Day 19: Take Up Your Cross
Day 20: The Beauty of Ordinary Things
Day 21: Food Ever New
Day 22: The Victim of Love
Day 23: The Master’s Will
Day 24: Unhappy Souls
Day 25: Love Is Patient
Day 26: Pray As a Child
Day 27: The Wisdom of Solomon
Day 28: The Gift of Peace
Day 29: A Very Little Soul
Day 30: Love God with All Your Heart
About the Author

Biography of St. Thérèse
Feast day: October 1
Devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux—popularly known as the Little Flower—is one of the religious phenomenon of the 20th century. Here was a young woman, scarcely known outside her circle of family and relatives, who died at age twenty-four in a Carmelite cloister, in an obscure French town; yet within a year or two of her death, her fame had spread around the Catholic world. Appeals for canonization were so insistent that the Holy See waived the traditional fifty-year waiting period. As a result, Thérèse was canonized in 1925, twenty-eight years after her death—which, given the exacting rules required for beatification and canonization at the time, was considered a record.
It was Thérèse’s spiritual autobiography, The Story of a Soul , that brought her into the spotlight. At the heart of this brief memoir was a method Thérèse called “the Little Way:” instead of striving for holiness through great acts of charity or penance, or even hoping for the grace of martyrdom, Thérèse urged her readers to perform every task during the day and bear every petty annoyance for no other purpose than the love of God. This was something anyone could do: mothers offered up the drudgery of cooking and cleaning; workers offered up the strain of their jobs; students the stress of their studies; children the scrapes and bruises they got while playing.
The Lisieux Carmel, where Thérèse had lived and died, released the first edition of The Story of a Soul on the first anniversary of her death—September 30, 1898. By 1910, it had sold 47,000 copies. By 1915, sales had soared to 150,000 copies. The simplicity and sweetness of Thérèse’s book found a wide audience, but scholars of the great Catholic mystics observed that beneath the sentimental style of the book, Thérèse’s ideas were rooted in the writings of St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, and Thomas á Kempis’ Imitation of Christ .
Of course, it takes more than a popular book to make a saint; to be frank, it takes a miracle. In fact, in the early 20th century the Church required four miracles—two for beatification, two for canonization. As Thérèse’s cause for sainthood advanced, literally thousands of people across the globe attributed miracles to her intercession. At one point, the nuns at the Lisieux Carmel were receiving 500 letters a day, most of them describing inexplicable events which the correspondents attributed to the prayers of Thérèse.
Thérèse’s biographers have observed that it is not entirely unexpected that she would find a religious vocation: there was a touch of the cloister to her childhood home. Her parents, Louis Martin and Azelie-Marie Guerin, had both tried to enter religious orders, but both had been turned away. Louis and Zelie were intensely pious, so much so that on their wedding night, Louis suggested they forego a regular married life to live as chastely as the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph. At first, Zelie agreed. They lived chastely for 10 months until the advice of their spiritual director, combined with their desire to raise souls for heaven, changed their minds. Ultimately, the Martins would have nine children, five of whom survived to adulthood: Marie, Pauline, Leonie, Celine, and Thérèse.
Both Louis and Zelie operated their own businesses, and both did very well: she made Alençon lace, he was a watchmaker. In 1871, Louis received an offer for his business, which he accepted. The money he got from the sale combined with an inheritance and Zelie’s earnings, enabled him to retire. Sadly, in 1878, Zelie died of breast cancer. His five daughters became Louis’ chief comfort, Thérèse especially. He called her his “little queen,” and he spoiled and pampered her, as did Thérèse’s older sisters.
As the older girls matured, one by one they announced their intention of entering the religious life. Pauline joined the Lisieux Carmel, and soon Marie joined her there. Leonie entered a convent of Poor Clares, but she found that she was unsuited to such an austere life; after two months, the superior of the Poor Clares sent Leonie home.
On the afternoon of Pentecost Sunday, 1887, Thérèse approached her father as he sat in the garden and asked his permission to enter the Lisieux Carmel. She was only fourteen, and it was against the rule of the Carmelites to accept such a young candidate, but Louis arranged an appointment with the superior of the Carmelite friars. The superior believed that Thérèse was indulging in some romantic fantasy about the religious life; barely concealing his irritation, he informed her that she was not eligible for admission until she was sixteen.
But Thérèse would not give up. She begged her father to make an appointment with the bishop of Bayeux, and once again Louis could not refuse anything to his “little queen.” The bishop was kind, but he also insisted that Thérèse must wait. In frustration and disappointment, Thérèse burst into tears, crying so hard that the bishop put his arms around her and tried to comfort her.

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