Shirt of flame : a year with St. Thérèse of Lisieux

King, Heather, 1952- author.

Book 2016

The author, a sober alcoholic and Catholic convert, chronicles the year she spends reflecting on the life and writings of St. Theresee of Lisieux, a cloistered 19th-century French Carmelite nun. Sections of Saint Terseses book, Story of a Soul, is quoted throughout Shirt of Flame. Heather King takes the reader through a year long journey as she reveals snapshots of her own story while exploring Saint Terseses huge but short-lived life.

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Thérèse, de Lisieux, Saint, 1873-1897

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ISBN:

9781557258083

Description:

160 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

January Early Loss (On Facing Ancient Grievances) 3
February Confluence Of "Will and Grace (On Illness And Healing) 13
March Therese's Second Conversion (On Learning To Serve) 25
April Papal Visit (On Daring To Ask) 35
May Poverty, Chastity, Obedience (On Radical Social Conscience) 47
June Convent (On Shedding Our Illusions) 57
July Little "Way (On The Martyrdom Of Everyday Life) 69
August Aridity (On Praying Without Ceasing) 81
September Long, Slow Decline Of Therese's Father (On Being Stripped Down) 93
October Story Of A Soul (On Offering Up Our Work) 105
November My Vocation Is Love! (On Letting Our Flame Burn Hot) 115
December Divine Elevator (On Facing Death With Joy) 129

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1689675

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