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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXDo 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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