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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much but to ask much of it.

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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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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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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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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You heard me, only Friend whom I love. To ravish my heart, you became man. You shed your blood, what a supreme mystery!... And you still live for me on the Altar. If I cannot see the brilliance of your Face Or hear your sweet voice, O my God, I can live by your grace, I can rest on your Sacred Heart!
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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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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the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see myself always imperfect and in this I find my joy.
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She is more Mother than Queen.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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My vocation, at last I have found it my vocation is love.
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I would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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