Combat Profile
Little Way of Love
transforms small, humble actions into profound spiritual grace that heals the souls of all who witness her sanctity
Hidden Sanctity
radiates divine favor through quiet suffering and childlike trust, making her presence invisible to worldly eyes but luminous to the faithful
Died at 24 having done almost nothing visible -- which is exactly the point
“I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.” — Therese, on her deathbed
A French girl from a devout middle-class family — her parents Louis and Zelie Martin are also both canonized saints, the first married couple to be canonized together — who entered Carmel at fifteen and died at twenty-four having published nothing in her lifetime. Story of a Soul was assembled from her notebooks after her death and became one of the bestselling spiritual books of the twentieth century. Her “little way” is a deliberate counter-program to the heroic asceticism of earlier monastic spirituality: God can be reached not by great deeds but by small ones done with great love. Patroness of missionaries despite never leaving her convent. Co-patroness of France with Joan of Arc.
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*Story of a Soul* (autobiographical manuscripts published posthumously, 1898)
