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(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.

Therese of Lisieux

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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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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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Time is but a shadow, a dream already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer.
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Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
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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 storm thunders at my heart I find it difficult to believe in the existence of anything except the clouds which limit my horizon.
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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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If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace flood me. For I have the Host as my support. When I draw near the ciborium, All my sighs are heard... To be nothing is my glory. I am the atom of Jesus.
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