Without shine, without beauty…

These words of Isaiah: “Who has believed our message… He has no beauty or majesty…” etc. formed the entire foundation of my devotion to the Holy Face, or rather, the foundation of my entire piety. I also wished to be without beauty, to tread the wine in the press myself, unknown to all creation…

(Thérèse of Lisieux, Last Conversations, August 5, 1897)