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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

Therese of Lisieux

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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth they make us look higher than this world.
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God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.
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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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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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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 great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
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Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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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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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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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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In that first 'fusion' with Jesus (holy communion), it was my Heavenly Mother again who accompanied me to the altar for it was she herself who placed her Jesus into my soul.
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Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?
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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
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