Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 mi p\u0159edlo\u017eil knihu p\u0159\u00edrody; pochopila jsem, jak jsou kr\u00e1sn\u00e9 v\u0161echny kv\u011btiny, kter\u00e9 [B\u016fh] stvo\u0159il, jak n\u00e1dhera r\u016f\u017ee a b\u011blost lilie neub\u00edraj\u00ed na v\u016fni mal\u00e9 fialky ani na rozko\u0161n\u00e9 jednoduchosti sedmikr\u00e1sky\u2026 Kdyby v\u0161echny kv\u011btiny cht\u011bly b\u00fdt r\u016f\u017eemi, p\u0159\u00edroda by ztratila svou jarn\u00ed kr\u00e1su a pole by ji\u017e nebyla vyzdobena divok\u00fdmi kv\u011btinami. A tak je tomu i ve sv\u011bt\u011b du\u0161\u00ed.\u2014Terezie z Lisieux, P\u0159\u00edb\u011bh du\u0161e<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Terezie nebyla extatickou mysti\u010dkou. Je to t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 jako by byla tak hluboce pono\u0159ena do bo\u017estv\u00ed a intimity samotn\u00e9 v\u0161ednosti \u2013 s takovou jasnost\u00ed \u2013, \u017ee ji to \u010din\u00ed v\u00fdjime\u010dnou. Pr\u00e1v\u011b to ji pro n\u00e1s \u010din\u00ed p\u0159\u00edstupnou. Proto\u017ee my jsme oby\u010dejn\u00ed. Jak m\u016f\u017eeme uprost\u0159ed na\u0161\u00ed vlastn\u00ed v\u0161ednosti naj\u00edt Bo\u017e\u00ed jednotu s n\u00e1mi? Mysl\u00edm, \u017ee pr\u00e1v\u011b proto n\u00e1s tak oslovuje. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terezie se v jist\u00e9m smyslu vid\u00ed jako mal\u00fd kv\u00edtko rostouc\u00ed v Bo\u017e\u00ed zahrad\u011b, a proto se j\u00ed n\u011bkdy \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 \u201eMal\u00fd kv\u00edtko\u201c. \u0158\u00edk\u00e1, \u017ee v r\u016f\u017ei a orchideji a ve v\u0161em tom je sl\u00e1va, ale p\u0159edstavte si na ja\u0159e pole pln\u00e9 divok\u00fdch kv\u011btin \u2013 tis\u00edce a tis\u00edce kv\u011bt\u016f, a \u017ee B\u016fh zn\u00e1 malost ka\u017ed\u00e9ho z nich a osobn\u011b ka\u017ed\u00fd z nich miluje do existence. Krom\u011b toho B\u016fh zn\u00e1 podstatu t\u00e9 mal\u00e9 kv\u011btinky i slo\u017eitost jej\u00edho uspo\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed, jako je nap\u0159\u00edklad jemn\u00e1 v\u016fn\u011b fialky. B\u016fh od v\u011b\u010dnosti v\u00ed, \u017ee fialka je nav\u017edy skryta s Kristem v Bohu, a tak B\u016fh od v\u011b\u010dnosti rozj\u00edm\u00e1 o t\u00e9 mal\u00e9 kv\u011btince v Bohu. B\u016fh se v t\u00e9 mal\u00e9 kv\u011btince pln\u011b zjevuje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0158ekn\u011bme, \u017ee je tu hora a vy dr\u017e\u00edte v ruce zrnko p\u00edsku a srovn\u00e1v\u00e1te ho s horou. Hora je tak obrovsk\u00e1 a zrnko p\u00edsku tak mali\u010dk\u00e9; ale jeliko\u017e B\u016fh nem\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt nijak zmen\u0161en, nekone\u010dn\u00e1 Bo\u017e\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnost se projevuje ve va\u0161\u00ed ruce skrze to mal\u00e9 zrnko p\u00edsku stejn\u011b jako v ho\u0159e. Stejn\u011b jako hora nen\u00ed bez Boha ni\u010d\u00edm. Ve v\u011bdom\u00ed ega to nevid\u00edme, ale ve stavech meditativn\u00ed modlitby m\u016f\u017eeme vn\u00edmat nepochopitelnou vzne\u0161enost jednoduchosti v\u011bc\u00ed. Jsme prost\u00e1 du\u0161e, ale vzne\u0161enost na\u0161\u00ed jednoduchosti je bo\u017esk\u00e1, proto\u017ee jsme Bo\u017e\u00ed milovan\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mysl\u00edm, \u017ee Terezie \u017eila v tomto druhu z\u00e1\u0159e, v tomto jemn\u00e9m svitu. Nebyla extatickou mysti\u010dkou, kter\u00e1 m\u011bla vid\u011bn\u00ed, ale je to, jako by n\u00e1s bo\u017eskost jej\u00ed vlastn\u00ed jednoduchosti, kterou s n\u00e1mi tak milostiv\u011b sd\u00edl\u00ed, zvala do milosti na\u0161\u00ed vlastn\u00ed jednoduchosti. Terezie ohromuje radik\u00e1lnost\u00ed sv\u00e9 jednoduchosti, kter\u00e1 n\u00e1s p\u0159iv\u00e1d\u00ed k radik\u00e1lnosti a bo\u017eskosti na\u0161\u00ed vlastn\u00ed jednoduchosti a k tomu, jak podle n\u00ed m\u00e1me \u017e\u00edt a kr\u00e1\u010det v n\u00ed den za dnem. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Adapted from James Finley and Kirsten Oates, \u201cDialogue 2: The Child Jesus<\/a>,\u201d Turning to the Mystics<\/em>, season 13, ep. 5 (Center for Action and Contemplation, 2026), podcast. Available as MP3 audio download and PDF transcript. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [2] Adapted from James Finley, \u201cTh\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux: Session 1<\/a> ,\u201d Turning to the Mystics<\/em>, season 13, ep. 2 (Center for Action and Contemplation, 2026), podcast. Available as MP3 audio download and PDF transcript. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit and inspiration<\/strong>: Annie Spratt, untitled (detail)<\/em>, 2020, photo. Unsplash<\/a>. Click here to enlarge image<\/a>. These little flowers remind us of the beauty of small acts of love, an invitation to recognize the little way.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ve v\u011bdom\u00ed ega to nevid\u00edme, ale ve stavech meditativn\u00ed modlitby m\u016f\u017eeme vn\u00edmat nepochopitelnou vzne\u0161enost jednoduchosti v\u011bc\u00ed. Jsme prost\u00e1 du\u0161e, ale vzne\u0161enost na\u0161\u00ed jednoduchosti je bo\u017esk\u00e1, proto\u017ee jsme Bo\u017e\u00ed milovan\u00ed. (Terezie z Lisieux)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[2761,2760],"class_list":["post-14736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-richard-rohr-ofm-centrum-pro-zivot-a-rozjimani","tag-jednoduchost-cesty-k-bohu","tag-terezie-z-liseux","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14737,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736\/revisions\/14737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}V podcastu CAC \u201eTurning to the Mystics\u201c (Obr\u00e1tit se k mystik\u016fm) popisuje James Finley, jak Terezie z Lisieux p\u0159ijala oby\u010dejnost, kr\u00e1su mal\u00e9 kv\u011btinky, jako cestu k Bohu:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Pono\u0159ila se do bo\u017estv\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
B\u016fh je zjevn\u00fd ve stvo\u0159en\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
I my jsme Bohem milovan\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Milost jednoduchosti<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n