The Story of a Soul by Saint Thérèse de Lisieux (easy to read books for adults list txt) 📕

an respect to degrade hisChristian dignity. In whatever company he might be, he alwayssaluted the Blessed Sacrament when passing a Church; and he nevermet a priest without paying him a mark of respect. A word from hislips sufficed to silence whosoever dared blaspheme in his presence.

In reward for his virtues, God showered even temporal blessings onHis faithful servant. In 1871 he was able to give up his businessas a jeweller, and retire to a house in the Rue St. Blaise. Themaking of point-lace, however, begun by Madame Martin, was stillcarried on.

In that house the "Little Flower of Jesus" first saw the sunshine.Again and again, in the pages of her Autobiography, she callsherself by this modest name of the _Little Flower,_ emblematic ofher humility, her purity, her simplicity, and it may be added, ofthe poetry of her soul. The reader will learn in the Epilogue howit was also used by one of her favourite martyr-saints--the nowBlessed Théophane Vénard. On the manuscript of her Autobiography