The Unfolding of the Little Flower (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Cunningham, William M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133175075X ISBN 13 : 9781331750758

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the life behind a beloved saint and a window into a faith‑filled century.

The Unfolding of the Little Flower chronicles Sister Theresa of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower of Jesus, through her early years, religious vocation, and the trials that shaped her path. This edition brings together biographical detail, insights into her spiritual formation, and the small moments that reveal a soul deeply devoted to God. Framed by firsthand letters and contemporary accounts, the book traces a girl’s journey from Lisieux to the Carmelite Convent, highlighting how ordinary life and extraordinary grace intersect. It presents a portrait of a young woman who faced illness, family hardship, and the demands of religious life with remarkable resilience and longing for union with the divine.

• Learn how devotion, obedience, and a longing for suffering shaped her sanctity.
• Explore her relationship with family, mentors, and spiritual directors as she grows in faith.
• See how personal trials and moments of grace illuminate the path of a saint in the modern world.
• Gain context for her enduring influence and the canonization process surrounding her life.

Ideal for readers of devotional biographies and those seeking a respectful, accessible view of a historically significant Catholic figure.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Unfolding of the Little Flower: A Study of the Life and Spiritual Development of the Servant of God, Sister Theresa of the Child Jesus, Professed Religious of the Carmel of Lisieux

The life of Sister Theresa of Lisieux, better known now perhaps as the Little Flower of Jesus, has a special interest of its own. These are days of a general disbelief in, or disregard of the super natural, and we, who have to move about the world, can hardly fail if we do not take care, to be more or less infected by the poisonous atmosphere which we have to breathe. Against this peril we have to guard our souls and hearts by every means in our power. To be reminded, as we are SO vividly in this life that Our Lord and His Blessed Mother, with the Angels and Saints are ever at hand and that a simple soul devoted to God, can be in constant and easy communication with them, is a great and useful grace. The main difference between the prosaic days in which we live and the Ages Of Faith, before the spirit of scientific scepticism had seized upon the world, lies, I think, principally in the fact, that to the people of those days - even to those indeed, who did not live up to their own ideals - heaven and the super natural world was not even, so to speak, next door; it was an ever present reality to the Christian mind and was as certain and as true, as was the natural world of the senses. There was nothing strained in this mental attitude in days when God reigned in the hearts of men generally and when the notion that man could do without religion was rare if not wholly unknown. Of course there were men and women then as always, who led lives inconsistent with their professions but they, living as they were in thesuper natural atmosphere of those times - an atmosphere which, if I may SO express it, gave a singular beauty to faith, as the sun's rays give the bloom to the peach or the plum - were out of joint with their surroundings. There can be no doubt that t…

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133175075X
• ISBN 13: 9781331750758
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible