St. Therese: Patron of Flower-growers and ''The Little Way'. 7.5 (H) X 4 (W) X 2 (D) Item Type: Handmade Each Piece Comes Boxed and with a Card Stating the Following: Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-97) Was a Carmelite Nun Who Died in Obscurity At the Age of 24. She Became Known to the World After Her Death When Her Spiritual Autobiography (The Story of a Soul) Was Published. The Book Became Hugely Popular in Part Because Thérèse, in Contrast to the Then-dominant Catholic Practice, Offered a Spirituality Based on Finding God and the Holy in the Most Mundane and Human Acts and Situations: Scrubbing Floors, Tilling Earth, Suffering. This Is Her "Little Way," a Path of "Holiness in Everyday Life," a "Way of Spiritual Childhood." in This Handmade Statue, Thérèse Has Roses in Her Right Hand and At Her Feet. Her Association with Roses Comes Largely From Something She Said: "After My Death I Will Let Fall a Shower of Roses. I Will Spend My Heaven in Doing Good Upon Earth." This Promise Is the Basis of the Thousands of Miracles That Have Been Attributed to Her. The Bird Perched on Her Left Hand Is a Symbol of Those Who, Like Thérèse, Are Able to Fuse the Spiritual (The Air, the Heavens) and the Tasks of Everyday Life on Earth. The Piece Can Go Outside.