Book “Thérèse of Lisieux Born and Reborn – Selected Pieces”

Thérèse of Lisieux - To be born and to be reborn - Selected pieces

Preface by Father Olivier Ruffray, rector of the sanctuary of Lisieux. Afterword by Mgr Jacques Habert, Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux.

The holiness of Thérèse of Lisieux, whose 150th birthday we are celebrating, is above all linked to her baptism, the mystery of lowering and raising which is the basis of all authentic Christian experience.

Contrary to appearances, its brief existence was not rectilinear but marked by successive conversions through different events and fundamental choices. From the grace of Christmas to her "Act of offering to merciful Love", passing through the deepening of her "little way" of spiritual childhood, Thérèse never ceased to make the beauty resonate within her. , the truth and righteousness of the gospel.

The texts collected here, extracts from letters, poems or handwritten notes, reveal to us this itinerary of the various rebirths experienced by the saint of Lisieux. This path of trust and hope is also open to all those who want to be born into the life of the children of God.