Of Tantrums and Conversions

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

My favorite St. Therese story comes before she went to Carmel, before she named her philosophy The Little Way, and long before anyone beyond her family gave much thought to the girl with the sad eyes.

Therese was spoiled, which is understandable. She was the youngest of the five Martin sisters, and her mother had died of cancer before Therese was five.

At Christ...