Saints’ Lives

1. Confessions: The first and greatest spiritual autobiography.
2. Story of a Soul: The saint of the Little Way, in her own words.
3. The Little Flowers of St. Francis: Francis and his first brothers.
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (“The Dumb Ox”) & St. Francis of Assisi: Chesterton’s portraits of Thomas and Francis.
5. Butler’s Lives of the Saints: A saint for every day of the year.
6. Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul: The apostle of Divine Mercy.
7. The Seven Storey Mountain: A modern conversion, all the way to the Trappists.
8. The Long Loneliness: From radical journalist to founder of the Catholic Worker.
9. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus — St. Teresa of Ávila: Teresa of Ávila’s own story of her life and prayer.
10. Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Newman’s account of his religious development and conversion.

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