The Context of Holiness: Psychological and Spiritual Reflections on the Life of St. Th�r�se of Lisieux

The spiritual life is not an encapsulated sphere, cloistered from the realities of our human existence. Rather, it is our response to God within the physical, psychological, social, and emotional dimensions of life. In The Context of Holiness, Fr. Marc Foley explores both the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. St. Thérèse did not grow in holiness apart from the human condition. Like all of us, she was emotionally scarred by the fragileness of life....