But the comparisons do not stop there, and she draws on the story of Matthew 8:23-27, where Jesus is asleep in a boat during a storm. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. She describes it as a ‘three day martyrdom’ where she was lost in a ‘desert’ apt language for a period of spiritual dryness, although in the times of the Desert Fathers, the desert was seen as a place to retreat from the world and to meet God. The first time we encounter darkness in Story of a Soul is when Thérèse is unable to attain approval to enter Carmel from her uncle. She was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church May 17, 1925. She is also known as 'The Little Flower of Jesus'. Her way was to be the way of ‘spiritual stumbling and groping’ as Nevin puts it, and it seems as though she was set apart within the darkness. Saint Thrse de Lisieux or Saint Thrse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-Franoise-Thrse Martin, was a French Carmelite nun. The way of imperfection is also in the spiritual aridity which Thérèse was to experience after entering Carmel, particularly in her final months. John (both as a Carmelite, and as someone who found great wisdom in his writing) Thérèse would also explore this language of darkness. It is unsurprising that as a disciple of St. ‘The dark night of the soul’ is a term that is frequently associated with mysticism since St. Entitled Story of a Soul, this beautiful story details the great thoughts and insights of St.
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