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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.

Therese of Lisieux

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
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Lose Love Rose
Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Action Flower Greatness Love Myself Sacrifice
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Heart Leap Prayer
You 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.
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Action Difficult God Greatness Love Yourself
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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Encouragement Future Past Thinking
He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Dedication Himself Live Myself
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love Myself
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
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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Embrace Heart Joy Love Myself Prayer Simplicity
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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Awake Dreams Greatness Life Limitation Ourselves Suffering Wasted Time
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Better Prayer Sacrifice Soul Touch Word
Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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God Hands Ourselves Religious
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Character Goodness Yourself
It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Enough Evidence Love

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.

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