Saint Therese of Lisieux: Her Family, Her God, Her Message

by Bernard Bro and Bernard BRO o.p.

Book Overview

"The greatest saint of modern times" said Pope Pius X back in 1914, speaking of St. Th r se of Lisieux. And, in 1997, Pope John Paul II declared ThTrFse a Doctor of the Church, citing the timeliness of her doctrine and the wisdom and practicality with which she grasped the Gospel message.

Why all this acclaim for Th r se, who was only a little middle-class girl from France at the end of the 19th century? The Centenary of her death,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898708427
• ISBN13: 9780898708424
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

for me, the very best writer on St. Therese

I have read Bernard Bro's THE LITTLE WAY and now this book. Bernard Bro is exceptional; he takes a reader about St. Therese to real depth, revealing why this young girl is in fact a doctor of the church. I am inclined to think he is, too.

Best-ever biography of Therese

A polished and highly sophisticated presentation, totally devoid of the pietistic nonsense and syrupy legends which tend to surround accounts of Therese. Fr. Bro, an eminent Dominican scholar, analyzes the spiritual development of this complex saint and her unique theology in terms of extremely strong familial influences and devastating illnesses which plagued her from childhood through her agonizing death from tuberculosis at age 24.