Abstract
This contribution considers the Carmelite tradition itself as "memory", and, more specifically, it analyzes St. John of the Cross' influence on St. Thérèse of Lisieux's spiritual experience. St. John of the Cross' famous phrase, "Lord, to suffer and to be despised for you" accompanies Thérèse until she enters Carmel on April 9, 1888. Several months later, on November 24 - the Spanish saint's feast day - she draws "by chance" a slip of paper on which one of his maxims is inscribed. This seems to her to be an invitation to "follow" John of the Cross. Her "discovery" of the Spiritual Canticle and the Living Flame of Love nourishes the Saint of Lisieux's spirituality throughout her spiritual journey. In the last four months of her life, as this journey reaches its climax, she expresses her desire for a "death of love", in reference to the doctrine and experience of St. John of the Cross.
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