A review by ncontreras83
The Autobiography of Saint Therese: The Story of a Soul by Thérèse de Lisieux

4.0

When she writes about her love for Jesus and her search for the way of perfection, she does so with frailty and strength. For so young, 15 when she became a novice and died of tuberculosis at 24, to have dedicated herself and her life to Christ is amazing, beautiful and awe inspiring. As well as for her not to be blinded that it isn't merely sinners who faulter shows, for me, how wise she was. Though at times she writes as a child or the little girl she deep down was, even then her words are lovely and hold substance. I am glad and grateful that God had put it in the hearts of her superiors to urge her, rather insist, that she write her story. Even more grateful that her love for God was one of purity, not by mere acceptance but by searching and longing. She knew that God was this love that transcends and she did all she could to immerse herself in his love. You don't have to be a nun to do what she did, you just have to try to be a good Christian and place God's will and He before everything else, and even for the best of us it is far from easy to do. So to see someone so young to find the way is beautiful.