She said she had stopped praying.
Sorry, but your pleasant picture of the woman's soul is not reflected in her own words.
I understand the desire of Roman Catholics to rewrite her life and thoughts and fears and lack of faith, but perhaps a better use of their time would be to find out what it was about her particular faith that did not sustain her. Why did it evaporate when she needed it most?
Remember, your platitudes sound lovely, but she did not share them. She denied them.
And she started again.
Her story is all the more meaningful for all these struggles, in addition to her physical ones.
You may see her as less because of them; others see her as more. She is an inspiration to faith.