Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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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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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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