Saint Therese and the RosesThis story from the Vision Books series for youth 9 15 years old is a beautiful story about the most popular saint of modern times, St. Therese of Lisieux, the "Little Flower." Growing up in Lisieux, France was occasionally painful but usually delightful for Therese and her four sisters. For practical Marie, studious Pauline, hot tempered Leonie, mischievous Celine, and beautiful, lovable Therese, growing up meant growing closer to God. The Little

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Bear witness to how this young “daughter of light” defeated the forces of darkness and inherited the extraordinary title “Powerful with God

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If she was also allowed to glimpse the unending joy she would receive as a mother

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