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"The Greatest Saint of Modern Times" -Pope Pius X
Therese of Lisieux, was a French Catholic Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus", or simply "The Little Flower.”
Therese has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to spiritual life. Together with Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church.
The Story of a Soul is her autobiography and is considered one of the great spiritual texts of all time.
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About Thérèse of Lisieux
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)
became a Carmelite nun at the age of fifteen after having appealed to her local
bishop—and the Pope—himself in order to be allowed to enter at such a young
age. She resolved to spend her entire life doing little things with great love.
Her spirituality, known as the Little Way, was based on complete trust and
childlike confidence in God. She died at twenty-four of tuberculosis. During
the last two years of her life, she suffered overwhelming doubts about faith
but persevered in her belief and in the performance of her duties as a nun.
After her death, she was quickly canonized, named a patron of the missions, and,
in 1944, made the patron of France. Pope St Pius X declared her the greatest saint
of modern times, and Pope John Paul II made her the thirty-third Doctor of the
Church in 1997.