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He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.

Therese of Lisieux

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My vocation, at last I have found it my vocation is love.
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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Since the age of three I have refused God nothing.
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The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
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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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You cannot be half a saint you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine Furnace to draw out life, And there my Sweet Saviour listens to me night and day.
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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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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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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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