Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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.
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