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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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The science of loving, yes, that's the only kind of science I want I'd barter away everything I possess to win it.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in silence, to wait for Heaven in peace. Keeping myself open to the rays of the Divine Host, In this furnace of love, I shall be consumed, And like a seraphim, Lord, I shall love You.
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And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.
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I am simply content to find myself always imperfect, and in this I find my joy. Good deeds count as nothing, if done without love.
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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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i can nourish myself on nothing but truth
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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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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How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for me to throw flowers beneath the feet of God!... I was never so happy as when I saw my roses touch the sacred Monstrance.
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It is love alone that counts.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a cry of grateful love, from the crest of joy or the trough of despair it's a vast, supernatural force which opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus.
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