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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

Therese of Lisieux

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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.
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My vocation, at last I have found it my vocation is love.
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We must do everything we are obliged to do give without reckoning, practice virtue whenever opportunity offers, constantly overcome ourselves, prove our love by all the little acts of tenderness and consideration we can muster. In a word, we must produce all the good works that lie within our strength - out of love for God.
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If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.
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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth.
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She is more Mother than Queen.
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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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