How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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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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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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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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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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