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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.

Therese of Lisieux

What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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God Heart Life Moments Offend Passion Wound
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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Humble Joy Myself Offering Thinking
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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God Happiness Imperfection Mercy Myself Need
Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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God Hands Ourselves Religious
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Brilliant Count Love Worth
Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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God Love Religious
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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Kind Love Myself Science Win
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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Better Experience Heart Myself Prayer Sacrifice Strength Word
When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Calculation Himself Love
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Heart Leap Prayer
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Best Forget Greatness Myself Suffering
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
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
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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God
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
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

Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.

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