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Saint de Lisieux Thérèse
1873–1897
A young Carmelite nun from France, she became one of the most beloved saints in modern Christianity through her simple, trusting “Little Way” of holiness. Her life was brief and outwardly quiet, but her memoir Story of a Soul carried her voice around the world.
4 Audiobooks
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
Soeur Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte Face Histoire d'une âme écrite par elle-même
by Saint de Lisieux Thérèse
Thoughts of the servant of God, Thérèse of the Child Jesus : The little flower of Jesus, Carmelite of the monastery of Lisieux, 1873-1897
by Saint de Lisieux Thérèse
Thoughts of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
by Saint de Lisieux Thérèse
About the author
Born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin in Alençon, France, on January 2, 1873, she lost her mother when she was very young and later entered the Carmelite convent at Lisieux at just fifteen. There she lived under the religious name Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, embracing ordinary duties, prayer, and hidden sacrifice with unusual intensity.
Though she died of tuberculosis on September 30, 1897, at only twenty-four, her influence grew rapidly after the publication of her autobiographical writings, especially Story of a Soul. In those pages she described her “Little Way,” a path of spiritual life centered on humility, love, and doing small things with great trust in God.
She was canonized in 1925, and her spiritual legacy continues to reach far beyond the convent where she spent nearly all her religious life. Readers are often drawn to her warmth, honesty, and the striking contrast between her short, enclosed life and her lasting global impact.