Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
THERESE OF LISIEUXEach small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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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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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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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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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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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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