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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

Therese of Lisieux

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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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