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Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.

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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much but to ask much of it.
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He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.
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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth they make us look higher than this world.
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I want to give myself totally to Him...I want to live no longer but for Him.
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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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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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Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.
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The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.
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Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find Him there.
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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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