She would die nine years later.Īs is not uncommon with the great saints, Therese had a profound devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Carmelites are under the patronage of Our Lady of Mt. The early part of her autobiography recounts her childhood years and the many steps she took to gain early admission to the convent at Carmel at the age of fifteen. She grew up in a very loving and Catholic household and her faith development was greatly influenced by her parents and older sisters. She was a cloistered Carmelite nun (Born: 1873 in Alencon, France) who from as early as age three had an intense longing for God (a key element of her spirituality). She began translating it in the 1990s and after several years, she found others to collaborate with for the translation and completion.2. Once Conroy got a copy, she wanted to get the book into English.
She is host of the more recent Speaking of Saints series on EWTN and Coming to Christ: Resting in His Love.) (Conroy’s name should be familiar to EWTN viewers. She had discovered a “lost treasure,” as she later put it. It took her seven years, but she finally tracked down one copy from a Carmelite priest. Therese’s endorsement and tried to find a copy of the book. Not long after she read the book, she asked her father for permission to enter a cloistered Carmelite monastery.Įven with that endorsement in her autobiography, the book was never translated from the French, and it eventually appeared to be all but forgotten - a treasure lost somewhere in a vast field of print.īut in the later part of the 20th century, Susan Conroy followed St. … I copied out several passages on perfect love, on the reception God will give his elect at the moment he becomes their reward, great and eternal, and I repeated over and over the words of love burning in my heart.” I experienced already what God reserved for those who love him (not with the eyes, but with the heart) and seeing the eternal rewards had no proportion to life’s small sacrifices, I wanted to love, to love Jesus with a passion. “All the great truths of religion, the mysteries of eternity, plunged my soul into a state of joy not of this earth. 1) continued her thoughts about this book with: Little wonder Therese (whose feast day is Oct.
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