I always recommend this book to others my copy is dog-eared and well-marked with margin notes and underlining. I suggested my favorite spiritual book, I Believe in Love: Retreat Conferences on the Interior Life by Father Jean du Coeur de Jesus D’Elbee, which retreat notes on the spirituality of St. Early on in our courtship he asked me for a Lenten book suggestion.
Thérèse of the Child Jesus, also known as “The Little Flower”. Jacques Philippe's website and App (years ago my then-future husband proposed on October 1, the memorial of St. He also spends much of his time giving spiritual direction and working for the development of the Community in Asia and Oceania where he travels frequently.
A member of the Community of the Beatitudes, he regularly preaches retreats in France and abroad. Jacques Philippe is well-known for his books on prayer and spirituality. With this newly translated study of her spirituality, many today will rediscover-or find for the first time-the relevance of “the little way,” in all seasons of life.įr. A hundred and fifteen years after her death, the message of the young saint and Doctor of the Church has traveled around the world inspiring millions. To Thérèse, the journey seemed “little” as she traveled it. Thérèse’s writings phrase by phrase, extracting powerful, resonating insights. She learned to humbly accept herself as she was and trust completely in God’s love.įirst given as a retreat by renowned author Father Jacques Philippe, The Way of Trust and Love navigates excerpts of St. Thérèse of Lisieux sought a new way to Heaven: “a little way that is quite straight, quite short: a completely new little way.” Blessed with personal limitations that might have discouraged another, Thérèse believed God would not have given her a desire for holiness if He did not intend for her to achieve it.
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