Thérèse’s legacy to the world was her personal message about being like “little ones.” Her teachings came out of human experiences. This story was originally the collection of three separate manuscripts addressed to different persons in 1895, 1896, and 1897. It became a spiritual classic, read by millions, and was translated from French into other languages. The manuscript in a highly edited form was first published in 1898 and praised by readers. Manuscript & ReadersIn fits and starts during her spare time St. Thérèse saw the way of spiritual childhood as the path which led to eternal life. The translated version however offered clear themes of love, abandonment to God’s mercy, and mission in the church. Students of hers were still able to read texts in the original manuscript. The facsimile edition of her manuscript was difficult to read because of capitalizations, underlined words, size, position of slant letters, with occasional corrections. On Good Friday, Apshe suffered her first hemoptysis (coughing up blood due to a lung hemorrhage). She wrote the story of her brief life in ink with no thought that it would ever be published. Thérèse was spent as a devout Catholic, and for nine years she lived a cloistered life as a Carmelite nun. Thérèse of Lisieux in her autobiography Story of a Soul taught believers “the little way” of trust and absolute surrender to God.
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