Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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It is love alone that counts.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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