The hidden face by ida gorres archive#
These photos may all be viewed at the online Lisieux archive at this website. As Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face (her name in religion), she took 40 + photos that included St. Therese as a nun because her birth sister, Celine Martin, brought a camera with her when she joined the Lisieux convent. Who was Thérèse of the Child Jesus in reality? In stunned silence we gazed at the familiar and yet so alien features, and someone said: “Almost like the face of a female Christ.” From that August morning on I was determined to pursue the riddle of her look and her smile-so different from the honeyed insipidity of the usual representations of her. The Carmel at Lisieux, and a French bishop as well, protested vehemently against its publication.” A small group of young people gathered around him the picture passed from hand to hand. “Dom Willibrord Verkade, the monk-painter of Beuron, discovered and published it. “This is the true appearance of Little Thérèse”, he said. The author says the book was prompted in part, by a colleague sharing the above photo with her and a group of colleagues:ĭuring a meeting at Burg Rothenfels, then the centre of the Catholic Youth Movement in Germany, a student showed me a small picture, like a passport photograph. I am not an expert on the Saint, so its possible that some of her findings have been eclipsed by more recent scholarship. The book was a deliberate response to earlier biographies or portrayals of the Saint that the author believed were shallow or not a true representation of her life. It was originally published in 1959, and resissued in English by Ignatius Press in 2003. It is a study of the Saint’s time on earth, her spirituality, her canonization process, and the public reaction. Therese of Lisieux, by Ida Friederike Gorres, which I purchased and read in March. It is a close up of a photo that I first saw in the book The Hidden Face: A Study of St. Perhaps you can solve the mystery for me? This is strange, because I have my doubts whether the photo is even authentic. I usually take a break a few times a day just to stare at it a little while. There is something about the look, a certain resolve, expression of concern, etc. It has become my favorite picture of her. Therese on my desk the last few months while I have worked from home. Thérèse in "living on love".I have had this photo of St. This unique, very beautiful and moving work will inspire readers to desire to imitate St. Living on love is a spiritual program for life, but to live it requires a special grace for which we must ask, especially through the intercession of the "Little Flower" of Jesus. Her whole life of can be encapsulated in her poem "Living on Love": a passionate love of Christ lived out in the everyday, in the joys and trials of life, in inner and outer sufferings. Patroness of missions, Doctor of the Church, this Carmelite sister, who died at only twenty-four, has not ceased to surprise us and to spread her powerful message of love and trust across the world. It invites us to a personal encounter with Thérèse, who once wrote, "I am your sister, your friend I will always watch over you." It invites us also to discover her appealing and rich spirituality of "the little way".
With over 150 stunning photographs, in-depth text, and plentiful sidebars on history, geography, and themes, this gorgeous work helps us enter into the universe of "the greatest saint of modern times" to discover the simplicity, yet depth of her daily life and of her relationships, both human and spiritual. Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the most popular modern saints in the world, but the details of her life and spirituality are still not widely known and are somewhat of a mystery even to her devoted followers.
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