Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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It is love alone that counts.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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