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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

Therese of Lisieux

Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Eyes Goal Heaven Labour Ourselves Peace
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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God Happiness Imperfection Mercy Myself Need
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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Adorable Eyes Face Himself Wound
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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Divine God Heart Lose Natural Pure Tender
Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Color Nature Sky
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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God
Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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God Love Religious
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 Heart Life Moments Offend Passion Wound
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.
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Children Fear Force God Walk
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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Forget Future Impossible Live Moments Myself Past Simplicity
I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Dedication Himself Live Myself
Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Expression Myself Prayer Silence
Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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God Hands Ourselves Religious
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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Better Experience Heart Myself Prayer Sacrifice Strength Word
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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God Greatness Respect Soul
Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Help Learning Myself Person Simplicity
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Better Choice Feeling God Himself
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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Fear Joy Mom Remember Weakness
He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Himself Willing Worth
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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Convertion Ecstasy Love Pin Sacrifice Soul
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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Country Lying Myself Native
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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Empty Himself Misery Soul
Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Interest Selfish Work
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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Kind Love Opportunity Sacrifice Smile Word
A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Enough Life Smile Soul Word
Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Born Convertion People Suffering
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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Charity Small True Virtue Weakness

As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

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