All of a sudden the Blessed Virgin appeared beautiful to me, so beautiful that I never had seen anything so beautiful; her face radiated an ineffable tenderness and goodness, but what penetrated to the depths of my soul was the “ravishing smile of the Blessed Virgin.”
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Manuscript A, Folio 30 recto
Manuscript A translation is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission
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