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(4.29) | 20 | Few spiritual figures have touched as many readers in the past century as Saint Therese of Lisieux, the saint popularly known as the Little Flower. Though she was only twenty-four years old when she died, her writings have had tremendous impact, making her one of the most popular spiritual writers in the twentieth century. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, has been a source of priceless inspiration ever since it was written, and has become the great spiritual bestseller of our time. A hundred years after her death in 1897, millions of copies have spread throughout the world and it has been translated into more than fifty languages. The reason for the continued success of her autobiography is, quite simply, that it is unlike any work of devotion and spiritual insight ever written. Once it is read, it cannot be forgotten. Its appeal across cultures and generations has been extensive, moving both peasants and popes, men and women, young and old--people of every kind of intelligence and education succumb to its spell. Yet is not a conventional work of religious devotion; instead, it is in many ways a supernatural book. In the words of Pope Pius XI, Saint Therese "attained the knowledge of supernatural things in such abundant measure that she was able to point out the sure way of salvation to others," and it is especially in The Story of a Soul that she has pointed out this sure way to the generations that have followed her. As Therese herself said of this book just prior to her death, "What I have written will do a lot of good. It will make the kindness of God better known."… (altro) |
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▾Descrizioni del libro Few spiritual figures have touched as many readers in the past century as Saint Therese of Lisieux, the saint popularly known as the Little Flower. Though she was only twenty-four years old when she died, her writings have had tremendous impact, making her one of the most popular spiritual writers in the twentieth century. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, has been a source of priceless inspiration ever since it was written, and has become the great spiritual bestseller of our time. A hundred years after her death in 1897, millions of copies have spread throughout the world and it has been translated into more than fifty languages. The reason for the continued success of her autobiography is, quite simply, that it is unlike any work of devotion and spiritual insight ever written. Once it is read, it cannot be forgotten. Its appeal across cultures and generations has been extensive, moving both peasants and popes, men and women, young and old--people of every kind of intelligence and education succumb to its spell. Yet is not a conventional work of religious devotion; instead, it is in many ways a supernatural book. In the words of Pope Pius XI, Saint Therese "attained the knowledge of supernatural things in such abundant measure that she was able to point out the sure way of salvation to others," and it is especially in The Story of a Soul that she has pointed out this sure way to the generations that have followed her. As Therese herself said of this book just prior to her death, "What I have written will do a lot of good. It will make the kindness of God better known." ▾Descrizioni da biblioteche Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche ▾Descrizione degli utenti di LibraryThing
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La 'Storia di un'anima', insieme ad altri scritti di Thérèse Martin (1873-1897), carmelitana del Carmelo di Lisieux, fu pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1898, a un anno dalla morte della sua straordinaria autrice. La 'piccola' Teresa conquistava il mondo, rivelandosi maestra di primo piano delle vie di Dio. È quindi comprensibile che Teresa sia stata proclamata Dottore della Chiesa, terza donna in due millenni di storia cristiana. A cento anni di distanza, il racconto autobiografico della sua breve vita continua a ispirare grandi scrittori e registi, ma soprattutto a parlare al cuore di donne e uomini d'oggi, in tutto il mondo. Questa traduzione italiana della 'Storia di un'anima' è curata da Giorgio Papàsogli, uno dei più noti agiografi italiani del nostro tempo.  | |
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It is also not entirely unlike what Jane tried to accomplish in Mansfield Park, although Jane, if we credit her with ambition, was unsuccessful, for the Park is only gossip’s Christianity, and not like this. No, that is just the knock-off, the gossip’s secret, and this is the genuine article…. I suppose despite the epoch of the Paris Bell, (yes, I mock you, Paris), and the whole Victorian-Wilhelmine conservative period, which is, in a sense, influential, yet it remains that Therese in spite of everything deals with herself primarily as a creature, more so than as a creature who is also a woman, or a woman unknown to alien races like gentlemen and the Africans.
…. I am only a chilly November soul, but Therese is the real girl and the real church.
…. Hudgins was right that the ‘I have to love this prissy person the most’ (not how he put it), is beautiful. (He’s a priest, a well-read, conservative priest. He’s not always right, because he’s always going to defend the ship of state, but.) And I guess that’s the secret to my behavior—I was a prissy perfectionist, so everybody was the worst person for me, and now I have to love everyone the most.
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Prissy Sister: Why do you always smile when you see me, Therese?
Therese: Because I’m happy to see you.
Voice Over Therese: I did not explain that this was a spiritual and not an ordinary truth.
“Lies I have not told, and of the truth all I could.” John Tolkien
…. Therese is really something.
Of course, as to why I bother with all this, tap tap tap, tap tap tap, autocorrect, etc—it’s not that I think that this trade of mine is worthy For Its Own Sake, like the sort of 1890s encyclopedist that she’s implicitly dealing with, one or two degrees removed, you know—but it is a trade, for which perhaps I can hope for some good, though not (probably) in this life. There is a sort of relationship between the book and the world, the map and the territory, despite the illusions you get, working only with the map and the imagination, you dream of such things that even the leprechaun forest would spit out with a chortle. —This is a real place, not your mind, or a book!
But, honestly, though people say you should not work for the sake of wages, people pleasers, (men-pleasers), I do think that my little trade is a profitable enterprise. Though of course, I must admit that it will probably take many many of these little bananas that I put in baskets, to trade for some fine cook’s Chef’s Tofu Salad, or some delightful vegetarian entree, in whatever mansion I am assigned, probably to keep organized, you know.
…. She died because of us, like Jesus; she knew how to die, because of love.
…. (At the risk of being an elitist, lolz)
And we’ll keep praying like we’re twenty-two, ooo-ooo….
…. Practice being small. :)
…. (You’re a hobbit!)