ABSTRACT

First published in 1930: This book represents the life of Sister Teresa Eletta of Florence from her beginning Holy Orders, serving God, as a Missionary to her death.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter I|5 pages

A Chaste Dawn

chapter Chapter II|2 pages

The Divine Call

chapter Chapter III|4 pages

The Divine Encounter

chapter Chapter IV|3 pages

A Sweet Remembrance

chapter Chapter V|5 pages

A Profound Transformation

chapter Chapter VI|8 pages

The Ordeal

chapter Chapter VII|9 pages

Thorns

chapter Chapter VIII|6 pages

The First Rule

chapter Chapter IX|8 pages

A Far-Off Vision of Carmel

chapter Chapter X|5 pages

A Painful Renunciation

chapter Chapter XI|6 pages

After the Sacrifice

chapter Chapter XII|2 pages

Her Life of Faith

chapter Chapter XIII|4 pages

Her Life of Love

chapter Chapter XIV|4 pages

The Effects of Love

chapter Chapter XV|6 pages

Intimacy with Jesus

chapter Chapter XVI|4 pages

The Voice of the Sea

chapter Chapter XVII|5 pages

The Song of Nature

chapter Chapter XVIII|4 pages

The Contemplative Soul

chapter Chapter XIX|3 pages

Spirit of Mortification

chapter Chapter XX|7 pages

Her Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament

chapter Chapter XXI|9 pages

The Missionary

chapter Chapter XXII|4 pages

Elvira’s Heavenly Mother

chapter Chapter XXIII|8 pages

Interior Conflicts

chapter Chapter XXIV|3 pages

The Family

chapter Chapter XXV|7 pages

Her Departed Ones

chapter Chapter XXVI|8 pages

The Faithful Friend

chapter Chapter XXVII|5 pages

The Angel of the Poor

chapter Chapter XXVIII|9 pages

Her Love for the Suffering Members of Christ

chapter Chapter XXIX|10 pages

The Dominican Retreat

chapter Chapter XXX|9 pages

Sweet Hopes that Die and Live Again

chapter Chapter XXXI|3 pages

The Final Consent

chapter Chapter XXXII|2 pages

A Visit to S. Maria Maddalena

chapter Chapter XXXIII|2 pages

The Last Difficulty Overcome

chapter Chapter XXXIV|7 pages

The Sorrowful Farewell

chapter Chapter XXXV|2 pages

In the Monastery

chapter Chapter XXXVI|6 pages

The Postulant

chapter Chapter XXXVII|12 pages

The Bride of Christ

chapter Chapter XXXVIII|2 pages

Before the Immolation

chapter Chapter XXXIX|9 pages

The Immolation

chapter Chapter XL|6 pages

Political Anxieties

chapter Chapter XLI|8 pages

The Angel of the Family

chapter Chapter XLII|5 pages

Her Serenity in Suffering

chapter Chapter XLIII|7 pages

Towards Heaven

chapter Chapter XLIV|6 pages

Her Last Hours