I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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