Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux (the Little Flower) [The Authorized English Translation of Therese's Original Unaltered Manuscripts]

by Thérèse of Lisieux

"It is the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute surrender."

this "way of trust and absolute surrender."

Confident assurance in him whose help has been promised.

Springtime story of a little white flower

“And going up a mountain, he called to him men of his own choosing, and they came to him” (St. Mark, chap. III, v. 13).

these serve to remind her always how little and weak she is.

a poor little thing, nothing at all.