Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese of Lisieux
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Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese of Lisieux

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Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Therese of Lisieux

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Over a century ago, there lived a Carmelite nun, Thérèse of Lisieux. Although she was young and seemed to have no authority, she taught "a Little Way very straight and short" which would lead people to perfection. Others had declared that sanctity was hard to attain, but she said that it was easy. Thérèse maintained that in order to become holy, it was not necessary to engage in manifold practices, to perform rigorous penances, or to receive extraordinary graces. What was needed was simply that we acknowledge our "nothingness" and approach God with love and confidence. "Sanctity, " she proclaimed, "is an interior disposition which makes us humble and little in God's arms, conscious of our weakness and trusting even to audacity in the goodness of our Father."
Thérèse did not reveal new truths, nor did she teach new means for attaining perfection. Her doctrine was not a revelation of a new kind of sanctity, but a new way of revealing sanctity to us. What she teaches flows from the knowledge of God as He is revealed in the Gospel; she invites us to return to evangelical simplicity. The Church has endorsed her doctrine at the highest level: in 1999, Pope John Paul II declared her a Doctor of the Church.
In the Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, he presents her teachings in their original beauty, simplicity, and practicality. According to the judgment of the Carmelite nuns of Lisieux, this work "represents the pure doctrine of Thérèse—without deviation."
Since this book first appeared in French in 1958 and in English in 1961, it has established itself as a classic. Although many fine studies on St. Thérèse have appeared in more recent years, the Complete Spiritual Doctrine of St. Thérèse of Lisieux is still an indispensable guide to the Little Way.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  5. CHAPTER I-SPIRITUAL CHILDHOOD: THE WAY OF HOLINESS
  6. CHAPTER II-HUMILITY-LITTLENESS
  7. CHAPTER III-SPIRITUAL POVERTY
  8. CHAPTER IV-CONFIDENCE
  9. CHAPTER V-LOVE OF GOD
  10. CHAPTER VI-LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOR
  11. CHAPTER VII-SPIRIT OF RENUNCIATION AND SACRIFICE
  12. CHAPTER VIII-ABANDONMENT
  13. CHAPTER IX-SIMPLICITY
  14. CHAPTER X-ACT OF OBLATION TO MERCIFUL LOVE
  15. CHAPTER XI-VOCATION WITHIN THE MYSTICAL BODY
  16. CHAPTER XII-THERESE’S SUFFERINGS
  17. CHAPTER XIII-THERESE’S CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE
  18. CHAPTER XIV-JESUS’ PLACE IN THE LIFE AND SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THERESE
  19. CHAPTER XV-MARY’S PLACE IN THE LIFE OF ST. THERESE
  20. CHAPTER XVI-COMPLIMENTARY TRAITS OF THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF THERESE
  21. CHAPTER XVII-RESUME
  22. LOVE IS THE OF THERESIAN SPIRITUALITY
  23. REFERENCES
  24. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  25. REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER