Céline - Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face

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This biography of Céline Martin will be most welcomed by the in-numerable devotees of St. Thérèse because Céline was her closest sister and friend who had a great influence on Thérèse and who also became a very holy woman herself. Céline entered the same Carmelite monastery as Thérèse and became Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face. She was the close confidante of Thérèse who confided in Céline all of her spiritual lights and graces and the great work the Holy Spirit was doing in her soul. Céline witnessed the short life and agonizing death of her beloved sister, having the privilege of receiving from Thérèse her last glance before her final ecstasy. Céline was the one who gave to the world the autobiographical manuscript of Thérèse, Story of a Soul , as well as her doctrine of Spiritual Childhood. Céline's own spiritual path was strewn with numerous struggles, temptations and moments of darkness. But she persevered in the doctrine of the "little way" in the footsteps of her great sister and became very saintly. Illustrated.

"This book is a must for anyone who loves Thérèsian spirituality for it sheds new light on many facets of Thérèse's background." -Alice von Hildebrand