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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785194903321

Autore

De Meester Conrad

Titolo

With empty hands [[electronic resource] ] : the message of St Thérèse of Lisieux / / Conrad de Meester ; translated from the French by Mary Seymour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Burns & Oates, 2002

ISBN

1-282-71062-1

9786612710629

1-4411-9415-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Disciplina

271.97102

282/.092

Soggetti

Christian saints - France - Lisieux

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Love Beckons; 2 'I Cannot Do It on My Own ...'; 3 Empty Hands Ready for Merciful Love; 4 In the Night of Faith; 5 My Vocation is Love; 6 The Dynamics of Hope; 7 Your Life in Mine; 8 A Great Achievement

Sommario/riassunto

With Empty Hands is an entirely new translation and edition of Conrad de Meester`s brilliant and moving presentation of the life, thought and spirituality of St. ThTrFse of Lisieux. The author has completely revised and amplified his previous books on the saint in the light of the new, thoroughly annotated editipons of her own works, and the many recent works of research and commentary that have led him to develop and change some of his interpretations of the Saint`s life.Fr. de Meester asks why and how this young girl who asked to be admitted to the Carmel at Lisieux and persevered in her voc