아, 작은꽃! 리지외의 성녀 소화 데레사

아, 작은꽃! 리지외의 성녀 소화 데레사       Anusdei Therese at three and a half - July 1876 A letter from Mme Martin to her daughter Pauline dated July 16, 1876, informs us that three successive poses had to be taken on that occasion because Therese moved quite a bit during the taking of the picture. ''Although she ordinarily had a happy ｅxpression on her face, she was pouting then because she was close to tears, and we had to keep encouraging her.'' Therese at eight with her sister Celine - 1881 Therese, shown here with a jumping rope in her hand, was eight, while Celine was twelve.   Therese at thirteen - February 1886 Therese is thirteen years old in this picture. She has already been cured of the strange and crippling illness which struck her in 1883, and at the end of this year she was to experience her ''Christmas conversion'', that instant maturity which marked the end of her childhood sensibility. Therese at fifteen Therese is photographed with her hair knotted on top of her head, the coiffure she adopted for the first time to make herself appear older when she visited Bishop Hugonin on October 31, 1887. Although it might appear that the picture was taken at that time Celine''s notes inform us it was taken in April, 1888, a few days before Therese''s entrance into Carmel. Therese as a novice - January 1889 Taken in January of 1889, some days after Therese''s clothing with the religious habit, which occurred on January 10th of that year.   Therese in meditation in the courtyard of Lourdes - 1894 The nuns are seated in the Lourdes grotto. The grotto no longer exists in the Carmel today, but it was near the site of the present chapel where Therese''s body is now kept.   Therese as Joan of Arc in prison Taken between January 21, 1895, and the spring of that same year.   Therese as Joan of Arc during her vision of St Margaret Taken between January 21, 1895, and the spring of that same year. The community at recretion in the chestnut walk Taken sometime after February 5, 1895, the community is gathered in the walk of the Chestnut trees, which have been recently pruned. The majority of these trees are still standing, including the third tree form the right on which the word MOTHER can be seen. The hermitage of the Holy face is behind the trees on the left, and the original cemetery of the convent is in the middle rear of the picture. Therese at recreation Therese appears a little more stout in this photograph, which perhaps can be explained by the angle at which the picture was taken. However, Celine was very satisfied with this picture. ''You see her as she was'', she said.   The community on the cloister porch Taken in the cloister porch between February 5, 1895, and the end of July in the same year. Therese standing in the cloister courtyard - March 17, 1896 At the Process for the Canonization, Celine testified : ''After I had photographed the novices, I also took her portrait. She wanted to hold in her hand a scroll on which had been written the words of our holy Mother Saint Teresa : ''I would give a thousand lives to save a single soul''. '' The community haying - July 1896 The community is haying in the meadow which stretches beside the chestnut walk. As is customary when they do heavy work, the nuns have pinned up the outer fold of their habits. Therese moved, and her face is quite blurred. However, her picture is still very interesting, particularly the vigorous manner in which she is holding the pitchfork.   Therese holding a rosary - July 1896 Therese had already been sick for several months. The picture was taken by Celine in the courtyard ouside the sacristy. But she was dissatisfied with the pose, as she wrote in her notes: ''Her character was strong and virile, but now she appeared timorous and fearful, and I was very much dissatisfied.'' Therese holding a lily - July 1896 The picture was taken in the same sacristy courtyard. ''I made her straighten up'', Celine writes, ''and I asked her to face the camera and put on the ｅxpression she had in the picture the photographer took of the two of us when she was eight. After she complied with my instructions, I snapped the picture, without paying any attention to the arrangement of her habit. I was satisfied with this picture, as far as we can be satisfied with a photograph.''   Therese as sacristan, with her sisters and cousin - November 1896 The photograph was taken in the sacristy courtyard. Therese held the office of sacristan until June, 1892, but she was reappointed for a short time after the community elections of March 21, 1896.   Therese lying ill in the cloister - August 30, 1899 This is the last photograph of the Saint, taken exactly one month before her death. She is arranged in the cloister walk on a long reclining chair. Therese is wearing a simple night veil on her head, and over that a cap of white wool. The two straps of the small night scapular can be seen around her neck. Illness has made her face almost unrecognisable. Therese in death in the infirmary In her memoirs, Celine informs us that she took a photograph of Therese in the infirmary on October 1,1897, before the removal of the body. While Celine admitted that the photograph captured her sister''s ''heavenly smile'', she did not, on the whole, like it because of the irregular play of lights and shadows.       소화 데레사(1873-1897) : 작은 꽃   24세의 나이로 성녀품에 오르심.  북 프랑스 노르망디 지방 알랑송에서 출생. 원래의 이름은 ''마리 프랑스와 데레즈''이며, 그녀가 갈멜 수녀원에 들어간 생활한 곳인 리지외라는 지명을 붙여 리지외의 데레사라고도 한다. 그녀의 부친 루이 마르뗑은 시계제조업을 하였으며 그녀의 어머니이름은 젤리 궤렝이었다. 부모는 신심이 두터웠으며 9명의 자녀를 두었고 데레사는 막내딸이었다.  데레사는 8세 때에 리지외에 이사하여 당시 분도회 소속학교에 들어가 공부했다.  그는 9세 때 중병에 걸렸는데 성모님께 기도하고 성모님의 미소를 통해 치유되었다. (그녀의 생가가 있는 리지외의 뷔쏘네(Bussonet)에는 그녀가 기도한 성모상과 그녀가 아버지에게 수녀원에 보내달라고 청원하는 석상이 보존되어 있다). 데레사는 이미 갈멜 수녀회에 들어간 세 언니와 함께 리지외에 있는 수녀원에 들어가고 싶었으나 나이가 어리다는 이유로 승락을 받지 못했다.  그후 아버지와 함께 로마로 순례여행을 갔을 때 교황님을 알현하는 자리에서 갈멜회에 들어가 달라고 청원했다.  순례자들은 교황께 반지나 친구하고 어려워 말을 못하고 있었는데, 데레사는 자기 차례가 되어 어리지만 수녀원에 들어 갈 수 있도록 청원했다.  계속 청원하자 교황은 ''딸아 안심하라 하느님의 뜻이라면 꼭 수녀원에 들어갈 수 있을 것이다''라고 위로를 하였다고 한다. 데레사는 귀국후 주교님께 편지를 보냈고 얼마 후 수녀원에서 허락이 왔다.  원장은 그를 시험하려고 3개월을 기다리라고 했고, 기다린 후 드디어 1888, 4, 9  갈멜 수녀원에 들어갔다. 그녀의 나이 15세 되던 해였다.  데레사는 언니 수녀들과 함께 9년간 수녀원에서 살며 수녀원 밖은 나오지 않았다.  그녀는 조용한 수도생활 속에서 특히 작은 일에 충실하고 겸손하였으며 복음적 단순성으로 어려움을 극복하고 배운 수녀였다.  순명, 폐병, 극기의 덕, 하느님에 대한 열애, 죄인들의 회개, 선교사들을 위해 기도, 사랑. 24세의 일기로 선종하였지만, 장상 수녀의 명에 따라 자신의 어린시절을 회상하며 글을 쓰라는 지시을 받고, 1895년 초부터 쓴 자서전인 「영혼의 이야기」는 그녀의 신앙심과 생활에 대해 말해주고 있다  : "나는 모든 황홀한 환시 보다도 숨은 희생의 단조로움을 선택합니다. 사랑을 위해서 핀 한 개를 줍는 것이 한 영혼을 회개시킬 수 있습니다."라고 하였듯이 그녀의 숨을 희생의 생활은 대단한 것이었다. 이 책이 리지외의 데레사 수녀에 대한 공경이 급속도로 퍼져나가는데 결정적인 역할을 하였다. 그녀는 특히 선교사들을 위해서도 사랑의 마음으로 기도하고 편지를 하였는데 그의 순박한 정신이 교회의 쇄신과 선교지역에서 신앙을 전파하는데 큰 힘이 되었다.( 당시 베트남에 선교하고 있던 파리외방선교회 소속 선교사 테오도르에게 보낸 편지는 유명하다 : Je serais l''Amour dans l''Eglise catholique ma mère). 사랑이 있어야만 선교사가 자기 고향을 떠나 외국으로 선교하러 갈 수 있으며, 사랑이 없으면 선교할 수 없기에 데레사성녀는 교회 안에 사랑이 되어 그 역할을 하겠다는 뜻이다.).  1925년 ''아기 예수의 성녀 데레사''라는 이름으로 성인품에 올랐으며, 교황 비오 11세에 의해 ''포교사업의 수호자''로 선포되었다. 리지외에 가보면 그녀의 기념성당 (바실리카)가 있으며 교황 요한 바오로 2세도 이곳을 방문하였다. 리지외는 온통 그녀의 발자취와 향기로 가득한 것 같으며, 데레사 성녀의 도시가 되었다. 그녀는 오늘날도 작고 평범한 생활 가운에 그리스도의 덕을 실천하는 극기와 그리스도에 대한 사랑, 그리고 선교사업의 가장 중요한 사랑의 열정을 주는 성인으로 존경받고 있다.  (김웅태 신부) ---------------------------   아름다운 소리, 고운 소리   가톨릭 노동 장년회 다리팀     이 강길 파비아노 ⓒ copyleft --------------------------