Thérèse Martin entered the Carmel of Lisieux at fifteen and died there at twenty-four, unknown to the world. Yet in her hidden life she found a "little way" to God - holiness not in great deeds but in small things done with great love, trusting God as a child trusts a father. Her Story of a Soul went out after her death and reached the whole Church, which would name her a Doctor of the Church and patroness of the missions.
Merciful Love draws her Little Way into a thirty-day retreat. Each day sets Thérèse's own words - in Thomas Taylor's public-domain English, with her French beside them - next to a short reflection for today, a line to carry, a question to sit with, and a prayer. Full-color plates carry the reader through her life and the roses she promised to let fall.
This edition includes:
¿ Thérèse's own words, arranged across the three manuscripts of Story of a Soul as a thirty-day retreat
¿ For each day: her words, a reflection for today, a word to carry, a question, and a prayer
¿ A treasury of prayers to keep, and journal pages for your own little way
¿ Full-color plates - an original Sanctified Souls cover and frontispiece with public-domain photographs and Catholic art
Jessica Huber arranges and edits the great spiritual writings of the Catholic tradition into guided devotionals and structured retreats for Sanctified Souls Press.
