"Saint Thérèse was a realist.
"In her childhood, she often took the
smallest things to heart, to the point of shedding tears. This aspect of
her childhood seems to have left its mark on her spiritual doctrine of
the Little Way. It shows how humility and profound 'littleness' lead the
soul to embrace God profoundly. But even in her littleness, Thérèse did
not remain the fretful child she used to be. By the end of her life,
this woman was unafraid to look at the fullness of reality that makes
men and angels tremble: the sight of God. Thérèse's vision of God - a
realistic vision - is an underappreciated characteristic of the Little
Way."
In a recent commentary, Brother Bertrand Hebert, O.P., reflected on Saint Thérèse, humility, and God's goodness.
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