Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFor 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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