"'If I had not been accepted in Carmel, I would have entered a Refuge (for fallen women) and lived out my days there, unknown and despised among the poor penitents. I would have been happy to be taken as one of them, and would have become an apostle among them, telling them what I thought of God's mercy.'" - St. Therese, from 'St. Therese By Those Who Knew Her'.
That's a beautiful statue, but you know, it doesn't look a bit like Therese. I wonder why hardly any artwork of her does when there are so many photos of her? No one gets her sweet, round face right. And they always tend to make her look like a 35-year-old actress/model.
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