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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen one loves, one does not calculate.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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