EDITED BY T. N. TAYLOR: PRIEST OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GLASGOW: WITNESS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OF THE BEATIFICATION BURNS, OATES & WASHBOURNE LD. TWENTY-EIGHT ORCHARD STREET, LONDON, W., AND EIGHT TO TEN PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. ______________________________ NIHIL OBSTAT JOANNES N. STRASSMAIER, S.J. Censor Deputatus IMPRIMATUR EDMUNDUS Canonicus SURMONT Vicarius Generalis WESTMONASTERII, die nona Decembris, 1912. ______________________________ CONTENTS ______________________________ DEDICATION PREFACE BY H.E. CARDINAL BOURNE PROLOGUE: PARENTAGE AND BIRTH AUTOBIOGRAPHY Chapter I. Earliest Memories " II. A Catholic Household " III. Pauline Enters the Carmel " IV. First Communion and Confirmation " V. Vocation of Therese " VI. A Pilgrimage to Rome " VII. The Little Flower Enters the Carmel " VIII. Profession of Soeur Therese " IX. The Night of the Soul " X. The New Commandment " XI. A Canticle of Love EPILOGUE: A VICTIM OF DIVINE LOVE COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES LETTERS OF SOEUR THERESE To Celine To Mother Agnes of Jesus To Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart To Sister Frances Teresa To Marie Guerin To Jeanne Guerin To Missionaries PRAYERS OF SOEUR THERESE Her Act of Oblation A Morning Prayer Act of Consecration to the Holy Face Prayer in Honour of the Holy Child Prayer to the Holy Child Prayer to the Holy Face Prayer in Honour of St. Joan of Arc Prayer to Obtain Humility DAYS OF GRACE SELECTED POEMS My Song of To-day Memories I Thirst for Love To Scatter Flowers Why I Love Thee, Mary SHOWER OF ROSES [omitted] PROCESS OF BEATIFICATION [omitted] LETTERS OF PIUS X AND OTHERS [omitted] INDULGENCED PRAYERS [omitted] SUPPLEMENT [omitted] ______________________________ THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE SERVANT OF GOD, SOEUR THERESE, IN THANKSGIVING FOR GRACES OBTAINED, AND TO HER "PETITE MERE," MOTHER AGNES OF JESUS, IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF INNUMERABLE KINDNESSES EXTENDING OVER MANY YEARS ______________________________ PREFACE