Behind The Opulence was the Legend of a Simple Soul

France may be best known for its signature fashion houses, great chateaus, and everything that correlates to sumptuousness. But despite these things, this realm was able to produce one of Christendom's celebrated celebrities, St. Therese of Lisieux.

Born in the 2nd of January, 1873, Marie-Francoise Therese Martin was the youngest of the five lovely daughters of zealous parents Zelle and Louis Martin. At the tender age of 15, she was consented admission to enter the Carmelite congregation after being turned down several times due to her young age --perhaps due to her insistence in her desire to serve God. While in convent, she was famous for her holiness and purity in every action which was later renowned as the little way to greatness in God's favor.

After eleven years of working as a nun, she submitted to tuberculosis on the 30th of September, 1897 and reached only the age of 24. Although she had a short life, she was able to share her doctrines and writings through her autobiography, "The Story of a Soul" publicized in the same year of her death. She was canonized and declared a saint in 1925 and is revered as Patron of the Missions alongside St. Francis Xavier and a Doctor of the Roman Catholic Church as some of her honors.