title: With Empty Hands: The Message of St. Therese of Lisieux
author: Conrad De Meester
description: Conrad De Meester is a Belgian Discalced Carmelite who has made the interpretation and exposition of the life and thought of St. Thrse his life's work. His other books include Writings and Conversations On The Practice of the Presence of God, La Voie D'Enfance Chez Thrse de Lisieux and Spreken Met God?
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  First published in Great Britain in 2002 by  
  Burns & Oates (a Continuum imprint),  
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  And in the United States of America in 2002 by
  
  ICS Publications,  
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  This translation copyright © Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites,
  Inc., 2002
  
  ISBN (UK) 0-860123-21-9  
  ISBN (USA) epub: 978-1-939272-06-5  
    
  
  _Acknowledgements_
  
   _With Empty Hands_ is a translation and adaptation of _Les Mains vides_ by
  Conrad de Meester, OCD, copyright © Editions du Cerf 1997, pour toute la
  francophonie.
  
  Quotations from the works of St Thérèse of Lisieux are taken for the most part
  from the official translations © Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites,
  Inc. and are used with permission. On occasion, these translat