The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux - With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Saint de Lisieux Thérèse
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The Editor.
______________________________ [1] The baptismal entry, with its numerous signatures, is shown to visitors, and a tablet in the baptistry of the beautiful Gothic church tells the pilgrim that here the "Little Queen" was made a child of God. [Ed.] [2] _"As Little Children"_: the abridged life of Soeur Thérèse. Published at the Orphans' Press, Rochdale. [3] Francis Thompson. ______________________________ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SOEUR THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX, ENTITLED BY HERSELF: "THE STORY OF THE SPRINGTIME OF A LITTLE WHITE FLOWER" ______________________________ CHAPTER I EARLIEST MEMORIES It is to you, dear Mother, that I am about to confide the story of my soul. When you asked me to write it, I feared the task might unsettle me, but since then Our Lord has deigned to make me understand that by simple obedience I shall please Him best. I begin therefore to sing what must be my eternal song: "the Mercies of the Lord."[1] |
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