Simply Surrender (30 Days with a Great Spiritual Teacher)
Saint Therese de Lisieux (1873-1897) or the "Little Flower of Jesus" was the youngest of five girls. Quite spoiled at first, she was also drawn to prayer as a child. With special permission, she joined the Carmelite convent of Catholic nuns at Lisieux at fifteen. Accepting failing health and the end of her dream of becoming a missionary, Therese developed a "Little Way," a spirituality of embracing the challenges and events of everyday life for the love of God. Her autobiography, sharing the Little Way, was a bestseller soon after her death at twenty-four. Therese became a saint in 1925 and a Doctor of the Church in 1997.