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You cannot be half a saint you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

Therese of Lisieux

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nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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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 morrow of this day will be eternity then Jesus will return you a hundred fold the lovely, rightful joys that you are sacrificing for him.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Receive Communion often, very often...there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus has not put this attraction in your heart for nothing.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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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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God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.
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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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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.
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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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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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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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