I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe world’s thy ship and not thy home.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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