Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: "The Story of a Soul"...

(Vatican Radio) Have you ever read anything Saint Thérèse of Lisieux wrote? If you have or even if you haven't be sure to listen to this programme focusing on the writings of this Doctor of the Church to mark the day the Church remembers her on October 1st.

Saint Thérèse was a Carmelite nun who died of tubercolosis in 1897 at the age of 24. Pope Pius XI who canonised her declared that the life she lived in Carmel did not go beyond the common order of things. However she sublimated that life to such an extent that she was proposed by four popes in succession as an example to follow.

She left us her autobiography, by the title: " The Story of a Soul" . It became a best seller and is considered one of the greatest books of spirituality ever written.

In this programme written and presented by Jill Bevilacqua and produced by Sean Patrick Lovett we bring you a selection of readings from this book.

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