Therese, her little way of confidence and love. It is precisely in our weakness, our failures, our insignificance wherein we grasp the meaning of the doctrine of St. Like little kids when they pretend or play act. We come to understand her 'doctrine' best in and through our clumsy falls and pretentious play-acting that we are adults, wise enough to know all spiritual mysteries. One doesn't have to make a study of her, because little ones are immediately attracted to her little way - often just by looking at a photo or statue of the saint.
Therese, always the novice master, helps little souls understand her doctrine quite well all on her own. Over the years I disagreed with my Carmelite critic, and consider the book a valuable resource for getting to know Therese.Īlthough I have to say I think St. I believed what I was told, in spite of myself - liking very much the insights Gorres provided into the personality of Therese. Therese because it was more a psychoanalytical biography and somehow missed the authentic spirituality of Little Therese. The Hidden Face is considered her most important work.Many years ago a Carmelite told me that The Hidden Face by Ida Gorres was not especially representative of the life of St. Ida Friederike Goerres is the author of several outstanding works on sanctity including The Nature of Sanctity and The Cloister and the World. This first English translation is based on a new, revised version using the latest edition of the saint's writings. First published in Germany in 1944, the original is now in its eighth edition. The work of a mind of rare intelligence and integrity, this book is unique among the lives of saints. And it throws light on the tremendous purifying process that turned the pampered darling into a saint of heroic virtue. It is a book not for Catholics alone, but for anyone fascinated by the force of spirituality, by the incalculable effects of what Pascal called the "greatness of the human soul." It opens the cloistered world of the Carmel, takes off the sugar coating, and reveals the stark drama behind convent walls, the tension between personalities, the daily details of conventual life. It presents the true Therese, as objectively as possible, and gives a convincing interpretation of her sainthood. But who was she, really? The Hidden Face has sprung from this question. Countless images of the sweetly smiling saint flooded the world. A young nun who entered a convent at fifteen and died at twenty-four, Th?r?se roused an incredible storm of spontaneous veneration only a few months after her death, and has been called by one Pope as the greatest saint of the modern times. This study of the life and character of Therese of Lisieux is a remarkable, penetrating, and fascinating search for the truth behind one of the most astounding religious figures of modern times.
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