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When one loves, one does not calculate.

Therese of Lisieux

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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Apart from the Office [the daily prayer of the Church] which is a daily joy, I do not have the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. ... Unable either to say them all or to choose between them, I do as a child would who cannot read - I just say what I want to say to God, quite simply, and he never fails to understand.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth.
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If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in silence, to wait for Heaven in peace. Keeping myself open to the rays of the Divine Host, In this furnace of love, I shall be consumed, And like a seraphim, Lord, I shall love You.
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Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let others judge us in any way they like. O blessed silence, which gives so much peace to the soul!
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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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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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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