For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFor one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXA 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXYou 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXTrials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHow happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhat a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLook 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 LISIEUXLet us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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