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| Archbishop Fulton Sheen's St. Therese - A Treasured Love Story | 
 enlarge | Author: Fulton J. Sheen
Publisher: Basilica Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 61204
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 183
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 1930314094
Dewey Decimal Number: 282
EAN: 9781930314092
ASIN: 1930314094
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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Product Description
Few people are so beloved by Catholics around the world as Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower. How else to explain the enduring popularity of Sheen s videos and books nearly 30 years after his death, or that, despite there already being 900 books on St. Therese and her spirituality, more and more come out each year? Now, for the first time, Basilica Press has put into written form Archbishop Sheen s compelling words about the Little Flower. Taken from the still-popular talks he gave on her in 1973, the archbishop explains why people from all walks of life and in nearly every country of the world so universally love, invoke, and imitate St. Therese, who has been called the greatest saint of modern times. This beautiful hardcover book will be something you and your loved ones will treasure. Even readers familiar with St. Therese s life will find their eyes opened to many new insights given by the incomparable Archbishop Sheen.
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Very Inspiring!!! June 30, 2008
I would have to say it is up there among my very favorite books about St. Therese. I highly recommend it!
Best of the Year May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book and "I Thirst" by Jacques Gauthier are the two best books of the year on the spirituality of St. Therese as seen and appreciated by two notable and greatly loved people: Bishop Sheen and Mother Teresa. I can heartily recommend both.
The Secrets Of St. Therese's Holiness Revealed December 16, 2007
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
"Archbishop Fulton Sheen's St. Therese" is the first new book by Archbishop Fulton Sheen in over 25 years. This very inspirational and spiritually provocative book is based on Sheen's lifelong study of St. Therese's spirituality which he shared in a series of talks given on 100th anniversary of her birth in 1973. The Commemorative Edition includes all eleven talks, possibly the last letter Sheen ever wrote, and 11 pages of biographical photos of Archbishop Sheen. At the time, these talks gained instant popularity due to Sheen's ability to open up Therese's unique spirituality in new and impressive ways.
The eleven talks address: Therese's being "a saint for today's trouble times"; how we can become a saint in our daily lives; the virtues of faith, hope and perseverance; intercession; the value of suffering; the sword and spiritual warfare; our relationship with God through Our Lord; fighting Satan; suffering for the sake of love; the way of the child; and sin and mercy.
Passages that I found particularly useful for meditation and highly recommend include:
* A saint is one who makes Christ lovable.
* It is not about being perfect but, rather, about our striving towards perfection.
* Live life the way you are now, only make it holy.
* Love's delay.
* Suffering - sometimes lovers squeeze too tight.
* Rather than seeking consolation from Our Lord, console Him. He is living in His body on earth and he is suffering many indignities now just as He suffered indignities when he walked the earth.
* Begin to love and your happiness and zeal will increase. This is a new way which is an old way.
* The world is quiet about Satan today. Satan is strong when he is not recognized.
* The sword she loved was the sword that cut the seven pallbearers of the soul - pride, covetousness, lust, anger, envy, gluttony, and sloth.
Archbishop Sheen points out that St. Therese is quite a modern theologian as she gives us an uncomplicated way, the "Little Way," to understand Our Lord and our role in God's plan. The "Little Way" is to recognize our nothingness so we can be empty. Once we are empty, God can then fill us with the Spirit of Our Lord then work on us and through us.
The "Little Way" is a path anyone can take in today's world with "Archbishop Fulton Sheen's St. Therese" pointing the way.
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