Silence does good to the soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHoliness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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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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