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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth they make us look higher than this world.

Therese of Lisieux

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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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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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By our little acts of charity practiced in the shade we convert souls far away, we help missionaries, we win for them abundant alms and by that means build actual dwellings spiritual and material for our Eucharistic Lord.
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Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?
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God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.
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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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You cannot be half a saint you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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