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She is more Mother than Queen.

Therese of Lisieux

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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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You cannot be half a saint you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
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It is love alone that counts.
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If I had read them, I would have broken my head, and I would have wasted precious time that I could have employed very simply in loving God.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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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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Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine Furnace to draw out life, And there my Sweet Saviour listens to me night and day.
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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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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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