This is a marvellous film about St. Therese of Lisieux.

There is no music at all, just poetic insight into her way of love being found in the smallest things.

What I found most interesting about the film was its simplicity. Nothing was exaggerated or hurried. The heroism and the drama was contained in a placid acceptance and silence. Here is a concerned renunciation not of the world but of reliance on the world.

I am reminded of the words in today’s Gospel.

It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.