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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled... yes... the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.

Therese of Lisieux

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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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Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?
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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 more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see myself always imperfect and in this I find my joy.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.
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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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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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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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nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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The world's thy ship and not thy home.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much but to ask much of it.
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