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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHow happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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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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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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