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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

Therese of Lisieux

The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Home Perspective World
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Himself Perfection Willing
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
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
Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Harmony Small Universe
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 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
Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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Desire Hope Measurement Myself Wonder Work
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
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Heart Leap Prayer
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
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Consumption Love Measurement Ourselves Surrender
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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Book Divine Doctor Himself Teaching Word
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
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love Space Time Universe
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Love Rose Spring Violence White
Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Born Convertion People Suffering
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
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Death Earth Goodness Heaven Myself Rose
Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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God Love Religious
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love Myself
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Life Place Value Way Worth
As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Divine Flower Illumination Shine Small Soul Sun
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
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Audacity God Goodness Heart Holy Humble Ourselves Weakness

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