Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
THERESE OF LISIEUXI 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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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